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A wide array of study choices from accounting, economics, finance, innovation and information management, to strategy and management and marketing

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Specialise in providing training programmes to senior and top executives to inculcate cutting-edge knowledge so as to drive change, lead and strategize in their organisations

Undergraduate
A wide array of study choices from accounting, economics, finance, innovation and information management, to strategy and management and marketing

Executive Education
Specialise in providing training programmes to senior and top executives to inculcate cutting-edge knowledge so as to drive change, lead and strategize in their organisations

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Committed to collaborating with the corporate community in different ways

Executive Education
Specialise in providing training programmes to senior and top executives to inculcate cutting-edge knowledge so as to drive change, lead and strategize in their organisations
Thought Leadership
HKEJ Column
Dr. Maurice K.S. TSE
美國聯邦儲備局(聯邦儲備銀行)11月2日議息會議後宣布,將基準利率維持在5.25厘至5.5厘不變,雖然符合市場預期,但水準仍處於22年來高點。 主席鮑威爾表示,對於下個月的會議尚未做出具體決定。
Latest Research Publications
Prof. Yulin FANG
Sharing economy platforms are pressed to rapidly grow user bases at the early stage by aggressively targeting potential users through competitive actions. Due to the volatile nature of the sharing economy and its disruption to industry norms, these platforms encounter legitimacy challenges that impede user base growth. This paper integrates competitive repertoire and institutional legitimacy theories to develop a research model that explains early-stage user base development in the sharing economy. We posit that the early-stage user base is associated with structural characteristics of the competitive repertoire, whose effects are moderated by a platform's socio-political legitimation efforts that address stakeholders’ regulatory and normative concerns. Using a comprehensive sample of 4644 monthly observations of 129 sharing economy platforms in China, we find that the volume of two context-specific competitive actions, offering economic incentives and staging high-visibility events, along with competitive repertoire complexity, are positively related to the platform's early-stage user base. We also identify a significant negative relationship between repertoire differentiation and user base. Direct relationships are moderated by socio-political legitimation, however, such that legitimation weakens the positive impact of context-specific action volume but enhances those of repertoire complexity and differentiation. Managerial and practical implications are discussed in light of the findings.
Global Scholars
Dr. Tingting FAN
Born with a curious mind, Dr. Tingting Fan craves to explore and explain human behaviours with scientific models. Joining us in December 2021, she is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing.
Latest Research Publications
Prof. Chen LIN
This paper studies how minimum wage policies affect capital investment using the industrial census of manufacturing firms in China, where minimum wage policies vary across counties. Exploiting minimum wage policy discontinuities at county borders, we find that minimum wages increase capital investment. The investment response to minimum wages is stronger for firms that are labor-intensive, that have more room for technological improvement, and that cannot sufficiently pass on labor costs to consumers. A natural experiment based on county jurisdictional changes further assures the causal relationship.
Latest Research Publications
Prof. Yi TANG
The extant research has often examined the work-related experiences of corporate executives, but their off-the-job activities could be just as insightful. This study employs a novel proxy for the risky hobbies of chief executive officers (CEOs)—CEOs’ hobby of piloting a private aircraft—and investigates its effect on credit stakeholders’ evaluation of the firms led by the CEOs as reflected in bank loan contracting. Using a longitudinal data set on CEOs of large United States-listed firms across multiple industries between 1993 and 2010, we obtain strong evidence that bank loans to firms steered by CEOs who fly private jets as a hobby tend to incur a higher cost of debt, to be secured, to have more covenants, and to be syndicated. These effects are mainly driven by banks, which perceive such firms as having a higher default risk. These relationships become stronger when the CEO is more important to the firm and/or can exercise stronger control over decision making. Supplemented by field interviews, our results are also robust to various endogeneity checks using different experimental designs, the Heckman two-stage model, a propensity score-matching approach, a difference-in-differences test, and the impact threshold of confounding variables.
Latest Research Publications
Passively managed index funds now hold over 30% of U.S. equity fund assets; this shift raises fundamental questions about monitoring and governance. We show that, relative to active funds, index funds are less effective monitors: (a) they are less likely to vote against firm management on contentious governance issues; (b) there is no evidence they engage effectively publicly or privately; and (c) they promote less board independence and worse pay-performance sensitivity at their portfolio companies. Overall, the rise of index funds decreases the alignment of incentives between beneficial owners and firm management and shifts control from investors to managers.
Our Stories
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Digital Innovation & Transformation
Professor Yulin FANG, Professor in Innovation and Information Management
Professor Yulin Fang is a seasoned scholar, professional case writer, veteran IT consultant, and editor for several internationally renowned journals. Seeing HKU Business School as a supernova in the academic landscape, Professor Fang is keen to contribute his intellectual might on digital innovation and transformation to our School’s journey of excellence. Having joined us in September 2021, Professor Fang is leading our School’s newly formed research centre, the Institute of Digital Economy and Innovation (IDEI).
Thriving at the Forefront of Information Technologies
Dr. Zhepeng LI, Associate Professor in Innovation and Information Management.
Aspired to make a difference than making a fortune, Dr. Zhepeng Li is dedicated to propel the development of information systems and machine learning technologies as well as finding opportunities to apply his inventions in real life. Believing that the state-of-the-art research facilities and the excellent academic atmosphere of HKU Business School can enable him to soar higher, Dr. Li joined us in July 2021 as an Associate Professor in Innovation and Information Management.
Studying efficient provision of accounting information
Dr. Keri Peicong HU, Assistant Professor in Accounting
Influenced by erudite mentors she met in her early academic years, Dr. Peicong Hu is dedicated to upholding public interests and investor’s welfare with impactful research. After completing her doctoral studies in June 2021, Dr. Hu officially joined us in July as an Assistant Professor in Accounting.
The Gardener of Local Data Talent
Dr. Weichen WANG, Assistant Professor in Innovation and Information Management
The coronavirus pandemic has interrupted the lives of many, but a lucky few is bestowed with the serendipity to rethink on their life choice. Taking this opportunity to soul search, Dr. Weichen Wang has decided to follow his heart and restarted his academic journey. Joining us in July 2021, Dr. Wang is as an Assistant Professor in Innovation and Information Management.
Learning to Coordinate in Firms’ Behaviours
Dr. Jasmine Yu HAO, Assistant Professor in Economics
Fascinated by the idea of exploring the frontiers of human knowledge with quantitative methodologies, Dr. Yu has officially joined us at July 2021 as an Assistant Professor in Economics after completing her doctoral studies.
To Imagine the Future of Digital Currencies
Dr. Yang You, Assistant Professor in Finance
Fascinated by the unpredictable financial world, Dr. Yang YOU seeks to give form to intangible phenomena with scientific methodologies. Devoted to spend his lifetime probing at the frontiers of human knowledge, Dr. You has officially joined us in July 2021 as an Assistant Professor in Finance.
From Quantum Physics to Quantitative Marketing
Dr. Chu (Ivy) Dang, Assistant Professor in Marketing
Born with a desire to explore the unknown, Dr. Ivy Dang aspires to create positive impact to the world via knowledge creation. Starting off as a science major in Applied Physics and spending two years studying Quantum Physics at PhD level, Dr. Dang had eventually realised that her true interest lies in quantitative marketing. Dedicated to apply the quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills from natural science to business studies, Dr. Dang has officially joined us on February 2020 as an Assistant Professor in Marketing.
The Destination of a Decade Long Marketing Journey
Dr. Peng Zhang, Assistant Professor in Marketing
Disembarking at HKU Business School after his decade long odyssey in the private sector, Dr. Zhang seeks to explore the unattended questions ignored by marketers. At July 2021, Dr. Zhang has officially joined us as an Assistant Professor in Marketing.
Dive deep and touch the bedrock of business
Dr. Ka Chung Travis Chow, Assistant Professor in Accounting
I am thrilled to be back and am looking forward to the opportunities to contribute to the HKU community in a variety of meaningful ways, including knowledge creation and talent grooming.
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