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Our new season of BizTalks commenced on March 12 to showcase our faculty’s insightful research findings in a friendly language accessible to general readers. With “ Lending and Investments ” as its theme, the first event featured Assistant Professors Arthur MORRIS (Department of Accounting) and Sunny HUANG Yangguang (Department of Economics). Prof ... Read More

Hong Kong-based artist Vivian Ho (MBA, Class of 2018) reflects on her journey in the art world and how she navigates the local art scene as a woman. One of Vivian’s earliest encounters with the art world back in Hong Kong in 2012 after returning from studying art at Wesleyan University in the United States was less than positive, with the boss of a well ... Read More

Alumni of HKUST EMBA Class 2009 celebrated the 10th Anniversary of their graduation with a worthwhile cause, supporting the education of young people from rural areas together with Simai Philanthropy. A cooperation agreement was signed earlier between the HKUST EMBA Class 2009 and Simai Philanthropy to provide for the establishment of a secondary ... Read More

The Business School undergraduate (UG) program saw exciting developments come through regarding international learning experience. In early 2022, our UG students successfully participated in the first-ever Global Network (GN) Week at various top business schools globally including IE Business School in Spain and the University of New South Wales in Australia ... Read More

Congratulations to our undergraduates Simon Francis CALLAGHAN (BBA in World Business, Year 2), Matilda Lydia JARVIS (BBA in World Business, Year 2), Ismet OZER (BBA in Global Business & BSc in Computer Science, Year 2), and Amina SHAFEEK-HORTON (BBA in World Business, Year 2) for clinching the first runner-up title at the HSBC/HKU Business Case Competition ... Read More

Professor TAM Kar Yan, Dean of HKUST Business School, has been appointed by the HKSAR Government as the new chairman of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC), which coordinates Hong Kong, China’s participation in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), a regional organization with 22 member economies dedicated to ... Read More

A collective research paper entitled “Do corporate taxes hinder innovation?” co-authored by our faculty has received the Vladas Jurgutis Award organized by the Board of the Bank of Lithuania . The paper was published in the Journal of Financial Economics – one of the leading academic journals in finance. The paper was co-authored by Associate Professors ... Read More

The Fintech Research Project of HKUST Business School has published its latest research report that explores Cybersecurity for Financial Industry: An Analysis of the Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework. The report documents vital discoveries based on a thorough examination of the Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF). This research was conducted as ... Read More

When Global Business and Economics alumna Gillian DEL MUNDO returned to Hong Kong after an overseas exchange in 2020, a lack of female-led initiatives on campus inspired her to launch Women in Business (WIB). Created with a group of business students, WIB aims to empower young women to approach the business world with confidence and fortitude. The Project ... Read More

On February 16, HKUST Business School signed a letter of intent with YF Life Insurance International Limited (YF Life) at the YF Life Innovation Strategic Partnership Conference. YF Life is a member of the publicly listed company Yunfeng Financial Group Limited. The agreement will pave the way for both organizations to collaborate on talent development ... Read More