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Assistant Professor Lee Dongwon from the Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management (ISOM) has received the Organizational Communication & Information Systems (OCIS) Best Student Paper Award from the Academy of Management (AOM). Professor Lee joined HKUST in 2017 after receiving his PhD in Information Systems from the University of ... Read More

The Department of Finance at HKUST hosted a one-day conference - the 6th Hong Kong Joint Finance Research Workshop on campus on 13 August. The workshop is held once a year to bring together junior and senior finance scholars in Hong Kong, advance and disseminate quality research in finance and enhance the academic interactions of the Hong ... Read More

The Academy of International Business (AIB) 2018 annual meeting was held in Minneapolis this summer. Established in 1959, the AIB is the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of international business. AIB has more than 2900 members in 93 different countries around the world. Professor JT Li, Lee Quo Wei Professor of ... Read More

The 9th University Scholars Leadership Symposium was organized from1 to 7 August in Bangkok this year, by the Humanitarian Affairs Asia and the United Nations Development Programme. The conference is designed to develop the leadership and social change skills of emerging leaders from around the world. The theme of this year was “Inspiring ... Read More

A group of 22 members from the Lenovo IDEA Elite Club visited HKUST on 3 August 2018. The Lenovo IDEA Elite Club is Lenovo Corporation's student organization located in more than 200 universities in China, supported by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. The Club has been providing internship opportunities, leadership training, and ... Read More

On 21 August 2018, our faculty Professors Roger King, who is also our PhD alumni, together Professor Winnie Peng, both from the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business & Entrepreneurship Studies shared their insights into Chinese family businesses with alumni. They explained that in Hong Kong, 15 major family groups represented of 80% of ... Read More

The Family Business Center of Excellence of Ernst & Young partnered with the Executive Education Office to deliver their NextGen Academy Excellence Program in July. The next generation members of wealthy families from Portugal, Vietnam, Italy, Ireland, the US and Malaysia spent two days on the HKUST campus. They took the opportunity to draw on the ... Read More

To promote companies setting the highest standards of business performance, HKUST Business School has joined Deloitte China’s “Best Managed Companies (BMC)” Program as a knowledge strategic partner. The School will play a part in finding a list of best managed companies in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. Senior management of Deloitte China and its ... Read More

The School is very pleased to receive a generous donation from Professor Laurence C Franklin, a long-standing supporter of HKUST, for a gracious gift to encourage students to participate in overseas business competitions. The Franklin Fund for Business Competitions was established to provide funding support for both undergraduate and graduate students at the ... Read More

A FinTech research project led by the School has become one of the five important studies in Hong Kong to be funded by the latest round of the Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Theme-based Research Scheme. The FinTech Project Team consists of experts in finance, computer science, information systems, statistics, economics, accounting, and policy from HKUST ... Read More