HIGHLIGHTS
KH EMBA Tops Inaugural QS Global Rankings (4 Mar)
HK Economics Times, Sing Tao, Oriental Daily News, Ming Pao, WWP and TKP and a number of news portals (listed below) reported that the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA has topped the first QS EMBA Global Rankings. All papers also mentioned that the program was the overall top scoring program among the 120 programs rated worldwide. HK Economics Times quoted Program Director Ms Judy Au as saying that its well-established history and the combination of top-tier faculty and students were key to the continued success.( MSN, Business Because, World News, Public Now, Xianggang, Bastillepost, Sing Tao, HKET, Headline Daily, Ming Pao, ODN, HK01, TKP, WWP)
BizInsight@HKUST Seminar on Big Data (29 Mar)
SCMP and HKEJ carried a sponsored article featuring a big data seminar organized by the School. Speaking on the subject of “Big Data Pitfalls”, Associate Professor of ISOM Michael Zhang highlighted his top ten big data pitfalls, whereas Assistant Professor Hong Xu, also from ISOM spoke about “Peer Disclosure in Online Social Communities”. GNAM also republished the SCMP article on its knowledge sharing portal.
HK’s First IT Governance Merit Award Winner (22 Mar)
Sing Tao (sponsored supplement) and HKEJ reported on the first IT Governance Achievement Awards organized by ISACA (China HK Chapter), in which HKUST Business School was chosen the “Merit Award Winner” (Public Sector). The organizer recognized the outstanding performance of HKUST in fostering the awareness of IT governance on campus led by Professor Garvin Percy Dias, Associate Professor of Business Education of Department of ISOM. The presentation ceremony held on 16 March saw other winners in both public and private sectors, including the Hospital Authority, Bank of China and ICBC Bank.
HKUST Students Take on Crowdfunding Challenge (23 Mar)
Digital Journalreported that, for the first time in a university in Asia, crowdfunding has been integrated into the course curriculum at HKUST, where Assistant Professor of Management Sam Garg is in collaboration with a local crowdfunding site SparkRaise and introduced the site to students of his entrepreneurship elective course.
An Executive Dream Comes True (7 Mar)
SCMP in print and Ed Post carried a supplement on executive education. Associate Dean (HKUST EMBA, Executive Education & China Strategy) Professor Xu Yan introduced the School’s executive education, saying that it offered a number of open programs in different management topics to address the specific needs from executives. He said apart from English programs, the School will introduce a few new Mandarin programs for Chinese executives this year, with topics such as “Managerial Decision Making & Growth”, “Corporate Innovation & Growth”, “Strategic Innovation Management” and “Family Business”.
How Does Immigration Affect Global Business (6 Mar)
GNAM discussed on a topic – “how does immigration affect global business?”. Professor of Economics Albert Park shared insight into the real effect of immigration on East Asian economies, saying that immigration will become even more important as Asian economies start facing population decline.
OTHERS
Mobile-App Built-in Security Device (31 Mar)
am730 reported on an HSBC’s soon-to-be-launched mobile-app built-in security device. ISOM Professor Hui Kai-lung was quoted as saying that the device with fingerprint recognition was more convenient for bank users, but they have to be more vigilant to keep their phone safe.
Prosecution and Pardon (31 Mar)
Sky Post carried a commentary by Emeritus Professor Francis Lui. He commented on if the next Chief Executive would consider pardoning the young people convicted of rioting that took place in Mong Kok last year.
Potential of Negative Income Tax (28 Mar)
HKEJ carried a commentary (解牛集) by Accounting Lecturer Dr Kelvin Mak on the tax policies proposed by the three CE candidates.
Family Business Forum (24 Mar)
China Family Business Review and people.com reported on a family business forum held earlier in Beijing, where Professor Roger King, Director of the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, spoke about family business succession.
Risks after US Fed Interest Rate Hike (21 Mar)
HKEJ carried a commentary (解牛集) by Adjunct Professor Jerome Yen, Department of Finance, forecasting the risks of post-US Fed interest rate hike.
FinTech Education (16 Mar)
Sing Tao Daily and Yahooreported that, in amedia gathering, Dean Professor Tam Kar Yan said the School planned to foster development in FinTech. Ta Kung Pao said the School was in collaboration with a Russian institute for an EMBA program, whereas HKET mentioned a team of HKUST students was organizing a hackathon activity called “Hack Horizon”, which would take place in May on an A380 flight from Hong Kong to London.
“Profit Discovery” – Key to Corporate Success (14 Mar)
HKEJ carried a commentary (解牛集) by Senior Associate Dean and Head of Department of Management Professor Li Jiatao. Professor Li looked into the reasons behind for the recent poor business performance among Japanese conglomerates.
Sino-Vatican Relations and US President Trump’s (10 Mar)
HKETcarried a commentary by Emeritus Professor Francis Lui on Sino-Vatican relations and US President Trump’s personality.
Best Performing Subject (9 Mar)
CFO Innovation and ODN reported on the best performing subject in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. HKUST’s best performing subject in the latest the rankings is Accounting & Finance, up two spots from No.19 last year to No.17, top among all local universities.
Internet Trading and Impact on Traders and Markets (8 Mar)
SCMP Education Post carried a research summary by Associate Professor Michael Zhang, Department of ISOM. His study examines how the Internet affects the financial market.
Elections in Europe Pose a Risk (7 Mar)
HKEJcarried a commentary (解牛集) by Adjunct Professor Jerome Yen, Department of Finance, on the underlying uncertainty triggered by the upcoming elections in Europe.
Budget with Vision but no Implementation Plan (1 Mar)
HKEJ carried a commentary (解牛集) by Accounting Lecturer Dr Kelvin Mak. He commented on the government budget plan for having a vision but failure on implementation.