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The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program (KH EMBA) celebrates its exceptional achievement as the world’s No.1 EMBA program for an unprecedented 12th time in the 2023 Financial Times rankings. The grand celebration event, held in late November, served as a momentous occasion bringing together distinguished guests, including HKUST President and the Morningside Professor ... Read More

At the seventh inauguration ceremony of named professorships held by HKUST on December 5, ten outstanding faculty members and their donors were honored. Two of the faculty members are from the Business School. They are Crown Worldwide Professorship in Business — Professor CHEN Ying-Ju, and Liwei Huang Professorship in Business — Professor JI Yan. All ten ... Read More

Professor Garvin Percy DIAS Named Winner of the Faculty Service Award The Dean’s Faculty Service Award for 2023 was presented to Garvin Percy DIAS, Associate Professor of Business Education of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. The Award Committee recognizes not only his uncompromising dedication to the ... Read More

HKUST Accounting Research Symposium Organized by the Department of Accounting, the Annual Accounting Symposium was held on campus on December 14-15. The event kicked off with welcome remarks by Professor HUNG Mingyi, Head of the Accounting Department. The symposium received many high-quality papers, with eight papers selected for presentation. More than 70 ... Read More

Different top academic journals have recently appointed key editorial posts to two faculty members at the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. Professor HUI Kai-Lung appointed as Senior Editor by POMS Professor HUI Kai-Lung has been appointed as Senior Editor for the Production and Operations Management Society ... Read More

Generative AI (GenAI) is a powerful technology that can boost productivity and creativity in various domains. A research team at the HKUST Business School has developed InvestLM, which became Hong Kong’s first open-source Large Language Model (LLM) for GenAI applications. It is capable of generating investment-related, human-like responses comparable to ... Read More

The last BizTalk session in the Fall Term featured insightful presentations on the theme of ‘Serving Individuals by Type’ by Professor Utpal BHATTACHARYA from the Department of Finance, and Professor LIN Song from the Department of Marketing. Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice? Prof. Bhattacharya’s research suggests that at financial planning firms, but ... Read More

One of the Roger King Center for Asian Family Business and Family Office’s major educational programs “HKUST Global Family Leader Succession Program: Family Succession and Governance” was successfully launched on December 7-9. The program was delivered by an exceptional faculty team comprising renowned family business scholars and prominent family business ... Read More

To support the School’s vision of a sustainable future, the Executive Education Office has introduced two new open programs tailored for senior executives to enhance their management and leadership skills in sustainable business practices and operations with networking opportunities. The “Sustainability: Climate-Related Regulatory Development, Business Risks ... Read More

The HKUST MSc in Global Operations (MSGO) Program celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a grand dinner banquet held in late November. The evening brought together a vibrant community, with more than 260 guests who witnessed the Program’s success over the past ten years. Our alumni, current students, teaching faculty, and staff members in attendance were ... Read More