HKUST Business Review

Online Review Solicitation Professor WANG Jing Information Systems Special Purpose Acquisition Company Professor Martin SZYDLOWSKI Economics Trust in AI Fairness Professor Melody CHAO and PhD Graduate Jungmin CHOI Management Impact of Transparency Professor SHIN Dongwook Operations Management Rigorous research creates the greatest impact when it informs real decisions. In the following pages, HKUST Business School faculty translate cutting‑edge scholarship into clear, engaging insights, in the spirit of the HKUST Business Review . These four articles tackle timely and sometimes counterintuitive questions—from the true costs of financial innovation to the unintended consequences of transparency, reviews, and artificial intelligence. Grounded in data and driven by curiosity, each piece bridges theory and practice, offering leaders, policymakers, and professionals practical perspectives for navigating complexity, managing risk, and making better decisions in an increasingly data‑driven world. IDEAS THAT TRAVEL FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE 25 HKUST Business Review