HIGHLIGHTS
Expert Opinions on Sino-US Trade War
Regional and local media carried interview or cited comments from faculty of the Business School on their expert opinions on different aspects of impacts owing to the escalating Sino-US trade war. Local portal UnwiredPo interviewed Prof Erwin HUANG of ISOM, Prof CHEN Tai Yuan and Dr Kelvin MAK of Accounting Department, whom offered opinions on respectively, , the return of China’s “concept IT stocks”, and the potential effect of tax policy (to be published soon).
Bloomberg zoomed in on the impact of Chinese sanctions on US lawmakers and organizations, in which Prof Edwin LAI, Department of Economics, said China is disadvantaged in the sanctions game because its payment system is underdeveloped and yuan internationalization is decades away. His comments were cited and reposted by AJot, Liberty Times Net, Sound of Hope, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo, MSN, Business Mirror. In another article by BBC Chinese on major carmakers suing the US government over import China tax, Prof Albert PARK commented that the trade war should have receded by now from an economic perspective, but political calculation has overridden economic consideration. Emeritus Prof Francis LUI in his column in Headline Daily commented that the US’s sanctions against China would affect more the western countries including the US itself.
Research Looks if Financial Advisers Give Women Worse Advice
A number of international and regional media, including Bloomberg, Financial Standard, Latin Post, Fox Business, Finews.Asia, Yahoo Finance, Business World Online, Business Time, The Economic Times, Yahoo Singapore featured a study by Prof Utpal BHATTACHARYA and Amit KUMAR of the Department of Finance, and Prof Sujata VISARIA of the Department of Economics. The study covers local financial-planning firms in Hong Kong and finds consultants frequently pushed women into chancier investments than they recommended for men with similar risk appetite.
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Governance Research Featured in International Academia Blog (Sept 30)
The Oxford Business Law Blog carried a research summary by Prof Alminas ZALDOKAS. The co-authored research looks into the cost of transparency in financial markets corporate collusion and examines whether corporate disclosures and earnings calls serve as coordination devices.
One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition (Sept 29)
Sina.com and Sohu and other mainland portals reported on the result of the HKUST Business School-HiCore Tech One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition, which concluded in Beijing on September 24. Meanwhile, a number of interview stories were featured prior to the competition, including with Dean of the Business School Prof TAM Kar Yan and Associate Dean Prof XU Yan, respectively on fintech and innovation, and the changing role of entrepreneurship.
How Business Students Are Chasing Careers in a Changed World (Sep 28)
Financial Times featured how business schools around the world provide career advice and support for students in the pandemic-stricken economy. The article mentioned that HKUST is employing machine learning to support students in the switch to online recruitment. Raymond XIAO of the Career Team for MSc Program of HKUST said the School has an AI platform that scans students’ CVs for keywords to help them pass screening tools and improve students’ performance in video interviews.
Conflict Between China and India (Sept 28)
Speak Out published an article by Emeritus Prof Francis LUI on the conflict between China and India and the challenges between the two powers.
Risks of Foreign Exchange (Sept 25)
Sina Finance cited Prof XIE Danyang, Department of Economics, on his views on the foreign exchange market in a seminar on RMB.
Food Delivery - A Reflection of Market Failure (Sept 24)
HK Economic Times carried an article by Prof Allen HUANG, Department of Accounting. He discussed the business model of today’s popular food delivery services such as Foodpanda, UberEats, Deliveroo，DoorDash.
50 Best MBA Programs in the World (Sept 24)
Business Insider reported that HKUST was listed among the top 50 global MBA programs by QS, and its students’ average post-graduation salary was mentioned.
How Technology Upends the Financial Marketplace (Sept 19)
In an SCMP article on HKEX’s Innovation and Data Lab, Prof Allen HUANG said HKEX is at the forefront of global exchanges in its adoption of technology as it was the first to attempt at applying distributed ledger technology in cross-border trading and has deployed machine learning and AI to augment its market surveillance.
HK Social Enterprise Challenge Winner (Sept 19)
HK01 featured an ISOM student SO Wing Tung together with three HKU students, whom won the champion in the HK Social Enterprise Challenge with their social enterprise “Mealingful”. The winning project aims to deliver decent soft meals for those suffering from swallowing difficulties.
Cross-disciplinary Education (Sept 18)
HK Economic Times and HK Economic Journal carried articles by Prof Erwin HUANG on cross-disciplinary education.
Review of Business and Risk Management Strategy (Sept 17)
HK Economic Times carried an article by Prof JT LI, Department of Management, calling companies to review its operations, organizations, risk management strategy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Testing Scheme (Sept 10)
Ming Pao, SingTao, WWP, HK 01 cited Prof Francis LUI’s comment saying that the HK government should promote the voluntary COVID-19 testing scheme with monetary incentive. Meanwhile, he talked about HK’s economic development on CRNTT.com.
Redevelopment of Family Businesses (Sept 10)
HK Economic Times carried an article by Prof Winnie PENG, Director of the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies. She discussed ownership concentration and redevelopment of family businesses.
Fintech Talent (Sept 4)
ETnet carried further coverage on a study led by Dean of HKUST Business School Prof TAM Kar Yan on the core competencies for fintech professionals. Meanwhile, Do News cited Adjunct Prof KC CHAN, Department of Finance, on his view about developing fintech talent.
COVID-19 Testing (Sept 4)
HK Economic Times and HK Economic Journal carried articles by Prof Erwin HUANG on universal COVID-19 testing.
Work from Home in Typhoon (Sept 3)
HK Economic Times carried an article by Prof HUI Kai Lung, Department of ISOM, on whether employees should work from home when the typhoon No.8 signal is hoisted.
SPE Honors International Award Recipients (Sept 2)
Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPE) reported that MBA alumnus Meshal AL-AMRI was granted the Young Member Outstanding Service Award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies (Sept 1)
A number of mainland portals, including Itxinwen, EasyMoney, Cet.com.cn and ds-360.com reported on Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies competition. The HKUST Business School was cited as one of the partners of the competition which aims to recognize private companies with advanced management ideas and business performance.
Harnessing Diverse Talent to Build a Brighter HK (Sept 1)
China Daily carried an article co-written by ISOM Adjunct Prof Edwin KEH on the vocational training for post-secondary youths.