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HKUST Business School and HSBC have worked together to complete a one-week Hypothetical e-HKD pilot . This collaboration represents the latest efforts of the academia and private sector in support of the exploration and experimentation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Hong Kong under the purview of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. HSBC has for ... Read More

Congratulations to Liwei Huang Associate Professor of Business and Associate Professor JI Yan of the Department of Finance for receiving funding of RMB 2 million for his research project “Macro Finance” from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Excellent Young Scientist (EYS) Scheme (Hong Kong and Macau). The proposed research will study ... Read More

In September, the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program enthusiastically welcomed Cohort 3 to their inaugural on-campus module. Despite challenging weather conditions, our resilient students demonstrated an unwavering commitment to their DBA studies. The module proved immensely productive, featuring comprehensive courses on business research to ... Read More

We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the 16th China Economics Summer Institute (CESI) Conference which took place in late August on the HKUST Clear Water Bay campus. Hosted by the Center for Economic Policy and the Department of Economics, more than a hundred observers joined the two-day Conference which featured 12 papers exploring ... Read More

Organized by the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS) Case Center, the two-day AAPBS Case Teaching and Writing Workshop was successfully held at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in Japan. The AAPBS Case Center has been hosted by the Thompson Center for Business Case Studies at HKUST since its inception, and in such capacity, the ... Read More

The Executive Education Office was commissioned by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) for a three-day program on Transforming Business Using AI held in Kuwait in late August. A group of 45 Kuwaitis from various industries including construction, education, financial institutions, health, information and communications technology ... Read More

The second Joint-Programs Alumni Mixer was a resounding success, reuniting a full house of over 110 alumni from various business programs and cohorts! We were immensely grateful to see many positive dynamics and close-knit bonding forged in this delightful evening. Everyone exchanged lively dialogues, reconnected with great laughter, and enjoyed the ... Read More

The Executive Education Office was proud to launch the New World Executive Leadership Program tailored for a group of 42 leaders from different business units in New World Development in early September. They joined a two-day module on Managerial Decision Making and Leadership taught by Adjunct Professor Caroline WANG from the Department of Management. ... Read More

Mainland visitors hold the key to the revival of Hong Kong’s pandemic-hit travel sector as they account for nearly 80% of visitor arrivals to the city. Following the resumption of normal travel between Hong Kong and the Mainland, it is important for the local tourism industry and stakeholders to better gauge the tourism outlook for pre-emptive policy and ... Read More

Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, also Chair Professor JT LI (center), together with Management PhD graduate CHEN Ziyi (left), and Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management, Professor KWON Ohchan (right), co-authored a paper “ Selling on Digital Platforms Abroad: Modes of Control and Dual Liabilities ”, which ... Read More