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The Department of Economics (ECON) and the Center for Economic Policy (CEP) jointly organized the first ever ECON-CEP UG Virtual Research Showcase in June. The event provided a stage for the high-quality research undertaken by our undergraduate students through the ECON 4670 Research and Communication Course, UROP projects, and CEP student research ... Read More

A paper co-authored by our faculty titled “Information Bias in the Proxy Advisory Market” has received the Rising Scholar Award by The Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS ) . Assistant Professor YAN Xiong of the Department of Finance co-authored this paper alongside MA Shichao, PhD graduate from the University of Rochester. As investors increasingly ... Read More

The service sector is a key contributor to Hong Kong’s vibrant economy. In addition to serving as a member of the judging panel for Sing Tao Service Awards 2021, Professor HUI Kai Lung, Senior Associate Dean of HKUST Business School and Chair Professor of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management officiated at its ... Read More

Blockchain has significantly changed the way of data access, storage, retrieval, and information discovery, and is increasingly important to modern businesses. In light of that, the Fintech Research Project invited Mr. Simon SYWAK, a veteran of the digital markets and a highly seasoned financial services executive, to share his unique experience and insights ... Read More

Bookcrossing has grown into a global phenomenon in the past decade, but the idea still has not taken off in Hong Kong yet. BBA alumnus Damon FAN (MARK & MGTO 2003) established a bookcrossing club with BSc alumnus Danny CHEUNG (Chem 2002) back in 2020. But staying in just one location was difficult for them to give out books efficiently. To enhance the book ... Read More

A research team led by the School’s Associate Professors (Department of Finance) Abhiroop MUKHERJEE and George PANAYOTOV, together with Associate Professor (School of Banking and Finance) Rik SEN from the University of New South Wales, has demonstrated how to measure vaccine effectiveness (VE) in the absence of adequate public health data. The team offers an ... Read More

On May 16, the School’s faculty members came together to celebrate another year of hard work at the award ceremony for the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence. We are honored to have our donor, Professor Laurence FRANKLIN, and Dean of HKUST Business School, Professor TAM Kar Yan to present the awards. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Undergraduate Teaching Amber LI Yao ... Read More

A Distinguished Guest Seminar was held successfully on May 12. It is a great honor of having Mr. Philip CHEN Nan-lok, GBS, JP, the Non-Executive Director of Hang Lung Properties Limited and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, to deliver a talk on “Leading Corporate Transformation and Change’ ’. Mr. Chen shared his valuable insights and advice from ... Read More

In an ongoing effort to further Hong Kong’s drive to become a leading global fintech hub, a fintech industry seminar organized by the Fintech Research Project of the School in early June yielded new insights from government authorities and industry players. The seminar pointed the way forward across strategy setting, innovation and talent building. This ... Read More

Our last BizTalks of the season continued to attract a big crowd with interesting topics on Twitter and jargon use. Entitled “How to Shape Personal Image?” , the final event of the series featured Assistant Professors CHEN Yanzhen (Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management) and Zachariah BROWN (Department of Management) ... Read More