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Awarded by: Marshall MBA Global Consulting Challenge (University of Southern California) A team of five first-year MBA students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) bested contenders from the world's leading business schools and won the Outstanding Industry Analysis Award at the Marshall MBA Global Consulting Challenge organized by ... Read More

Awarded by: Franklin Prize Two professors have won repeat awards in the HKUST Business School Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence. Professor Percy Dias of Information and Systems Management (ISMT) and Professor Stephen Nason of Management of Organizations (MGTO) were both honored for the second time. They also received awards in spring 2001. Other winners ... Read More

Awarded by: China STAFF magazine Human resources expert Bhaskar Sambamurthy, recently awarded a top management accolade, is quick to credit his studies at HKUST for giving him the background he needed to put his winning ideas into practice. The 2003 MBA graduate was named Hong Kong's HR Manager of the Year in awards organized by China STAFF magazine, the ... Read More

Awarded by: HKUST Business School The HKUST Business School is proud to announce the winners of the MBA Alumni Achievement Awards 2005. They are KS Chow (PT95), Kenneth Ho (PT95), Petty Lai (FT95), Lilian Leung (FT95), and Estella Ng (PT95). The awards were established in 2004 to honor alumni who are preeminent in their fields and who have shown their ... Read More

Awarded by: Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts-University Research Competition A team of year 3 students won the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts' University Research Competition, thanks to some smart digging into the prospects of giant Hong Kong property developer Sino Land. The annual contest aims to promote professional investment research ... Read More

Awarded by: L'Oreal Beauty proved to be more than skin deep for HKUST MBA students who came out top performers for Hong Kong in an international on-line business challenge organized by cosmetics giant L'Oreal. The competition selects local and global winners. Our MBA students took first and second place for Hong Kong, although Singapore's INSEAD won the ... Read More

Awarded by: International Business Plan Competition-University of San Francisco Five MBA students won praise from Silicon Valley movers and shakers after putting their entrepreneurial skills to the test against tough opposition in California. Alice Yeung, Becky So, Cherry Lu, Suki Chan and Wendy Kam took third place in the highly-competitive University of ... Read More

Awarded by: Fama/DFA Prizes The Department of Finance has received prize for papers published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2003. Assistant Professor Yeung Lewis Chan won second prize in the Fama/DFA Prizes for papers on capital markets and asset pricing. He co-authored a paper on "A multivariate model of strategic allocation" with Professor John ... Read More

Awarded by: Jensen Prizes The Department of Finance has received prize for papers published in the Journal of Financial Economics in 2003. Associate Professor Vidhal Goyal won second prize in the Jensen Prizes for papers on corporate finance and organizations, which he co-authored with Professor Murray Z Frank of the University of British Columbia. Their ... Read More

Awarded by: Financial Times The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA program, taught in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, has climbed to world No. 2 spot in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. The position represents a sustained improvement from 6th in 2004 and 9th in 2003 ... Read More