The Executive Education Office Offers Regional Programs for New Clients

In March, the Executive Education Office ran two regional programs for two new clients – Colgate and Warner Music Asia. The Office launched the Colgate Asian Leadership Program on campus for 32 executives from 12 countries. Four HR coaches also joined the program. The program aims to equip participants with strategic planning abilities – to accelerate ... Read More

Dean’s Service Award

The Dean’s Service Award Ceremony is held every year to recognize students who are not only committed to serving their peers, but also extending their care to the broader community. This year, nine Dean’s Service awardees have exhibited their exceptional caring spirit in reaching out to the underprivileged, not only in Hong Kong, but across the region ... Read More

Global MBA Challenge Case Competition

The third student-led annual Global MBA Challenge Case Competition was held on 12-14 April 2018 on campus. This year, 14 teams from top MBA programs around the world competed on novel APAC business challenges from the program partners Bayer Healthcare, C!ty’Super, and ANZ. This year, London Business School (The New Low) won both the strategy round ... Read More

Teams Across Three Continents Compete in the 3rd Global MBA Challenge

The third Global MBA Challenge, hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School (HKUST Business School), brought together 14 teams from top business schools around the world to participate in a multi-simulation case challenge. The rigorous two-day competition, organized by the MBA students of HKUST, took place on 13-14 April 2018 ... Read More

Faculty Offers Insights into Topical Issues

Adjunct Prof KC Chan, Department of Finance, was on a NOW TV current affairs program 大嗚大放 to discuss the impacts of a trade war between China and the US. Prof Hui Kai Lung, Deputy Head of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management, was on an RTHK3 Radio Program Backchat to discuss Facebook and online privacy issues after its founder ... Read More

Finance Research Covered by Forbes and the World Bank

Forbes magazine and the World Bank covered research conducted by the Finance Department’s Prof Abhiroop Mukherjee and PhD student S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan (co-authored with Prof Sumit Agarwal from NUS) on the efficiency with which private financiers respond to new roads. Investments in public infrastructure such as improved roads are a key component of ... Read More

Cambridge Field Trip Study to Make Entrepreneurship Happen

The HKUST EMBA for Chinese Executive Program has collaborated with the Cambridge Judge Business School to organize a 6-day field trip study, for 62 students from the 2017 class between 11 and 16 March 2018. The theme of the trip was entrepreneurship and innovation. This trip was based on action learning, from enterprise innovation, business model design ... Read More
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Informing Policymakers about AI and Automation

Amid the on-going debate over how AI and the 4th industrial revolution will affect the future of work in the Asia Pacific region, the APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities) has been stepping up its efforts to bring together scholars and private sector experts to analyze and address the affiliated economic risks and reservations. After teaming up ... Read More

Another Leading Accreditation

The HKUST Business School has been re-accredited by the EQUIS EFMD. The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) assesses and looks for a balance between high academic quality and close interaction with the corporate world. Institutions that are accredited by EQUIS must demonstrate high ... Read More
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