LAFON-VINAIS, Veronique
First Mover Advantage? Family Businesses and Sustainable Finance
Family Business
Sustainable Finance
By Professor Veronique J.A. LAFON-VINAIS Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of Finance HKUST Business School Family businesses in Asia are recognizing the importance of sustainable finance, allowing them to benefit from a first-mover advantage in sustainability. Family businesses include a wide range of businesses from small owner ... Read More
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BHATTACHARYA, Utpal
Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice?
Gender
Financial Products
Risk Management
Confidence
Many retail investors find it difficult to choose financial products and seek the advice of professionals. Women are increasingly becoming an important client segment for the financial advice industry. To the extent that women follow the advice they receive, the quality of this advice can have important consequences for gender inequality in wealth and women ... Read More
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Faculty

Outstanding Faculty Members Receive Recognition at the Ceremony of Named Professorships

At the seventh inauguration ceremony of named professorships held by HKUST on December 5, ten outstanding faculty members and their donors were honored. Two of the faculty members are from the Business School. They are Crown Worldwide Professorship in Business — Professor CHEN Ying-Ju, and Liwei Huang Professorship in Business — Professor JI Yan. All ten ... Read More
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Faculty

Faculty Go Above and Beyond

Professor Garvin Percy DIAS Named Winner of the Faculty Service Award The Dean’s Faculty Service Award for 2023 was presented to Garvin Percy DIAS, Associate Professor of Business Education of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. The Award Committee recognizes not only his uncompromising dedication to the ... Read More
Faculty

Empowering Generative AI for Finance and Investment

Generative AI (GenAI) is a powerful technology that can boost productivity and creativity in various domains. A research team at the HKUST Business School has developed InvestLM, which became Hong Kong’s first open-source Large Language Model (LLM) for GenAI applications. It is capable of generating investment-related, human-like responses comparable to ... Read More
Faculty

BizTalks Series Explores Insightful Findings

The last BizTalk session in the Fall Term featured insightful presentations on the theme of ‘Serving Individuals by Type’ by Professor Utpal BHATTACHARYA from the Department of Finance, and Professor LIN Song from the Department of Marketing. Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice? Prof. Bhattacharya’s research suggests that at financial planning firms, but ... Read More

HKUST Global Family Leader Succession Program

One of the Roger King Center for Asian Family Business and Family Office’s major educational programs “HKUST Global Family Leader Succession Program: Family Succession and Governance” was successfully launched on December 7-9. The program was delivered by an exceptional faculty team comprising renowned family business scholars and prominent family business ... Read More
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