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The University of Southern California from the US has been crowned champion in the HKUST International Case Competition (HKICC) 2018. The winning team defeated 14 other outstanding teams from top business schools around the world and took the highest honor in this prestigious annual contest. As Asia’s first and leading international case competition, this ... Read More

The Chairman of the Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo, Mr Gian Maria GROS-PIETRO, visited Hong Kong in October. It was an honor for students of the HKUST Business School to join a talk by Mr GROS-PIETRO on October 11 on the topic of “Innovation and the Finance Industry”. Among the audience was a group of our UG students from the World ... Read More

Over 60 participants from around the world got together in the Business School Central for the APEC Project DARE (Data Analytics Raising Employment) 2018 Workshop. Co-organized by the Asia Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC), the Wiley Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the two-day ... Read More

Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Asian E-tailing Summit is a one-stop platform for business professionals to network with renowned online retail experts, and obtain the latest sourcing trends and market intelligence, successful cases and best practices of e-tailing. The summit will feature 40+ internationally renowned industry ... Read More

Organized by the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies of the HKUST Business School, and sponsored by Ernst & Young, a luncheon seminar on “ Working across Cultures: A Tale of Two Family Businesses in Germany and China ” was conducted at the China Club on October 9. About 30 family business leaders were invited to the seminar. ... Read More

The 12th cohort of Leading for Success Consortium Program attracted 31 executives from 20 companies this year. The participants, with an average of 18 years of work experience, come from diverse industries and office locations. This flagship program aims to help leaders and entrepreneurs stay competitive and take their organizations to new heights. The ... Read More

The MSc in Global Operations (MSGO) Program attaches a great importance to connections among students, alumni and faculty members. The Program held their annual GET-TOGETHER, reunion & welcoming event to connect alumni and current students together on September 22. Over 30 MSGO alumni joined the GET-TOGETHER to share their own experiences with the ... Read More

An Alumni Appreciation Reception was held on October 1, to recognize and thank more than 400 alumni who have volunteered to support the School in many ways such as alumni sharing sessions, career mentoring, admissions interviews, event sponsorship and alumni giving. The event started with a presentation on the School’s latest developments ... Read More

Supported by the Dr Karen Lee Memorial Fund, the UG Programs Office organized the Career Mentorship Program Reception cum Public Service Internship Scholarship Presentation Ceremony at the HKUST Business School Central on October 5. The Office took the opportunity to express its deepest gratitude to the mentors for joining the Program and sharing ... Read More

Associate Prof XU Hong, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM), has been appointed as an Associated Editor for the Information Systems Research (ISR) . ISR is one of the top two IS journals used in the Financial Times Ranking. Prof. XU’s appointment will start in January 2019, which signifies her ... Read More