If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? -- Albert Einstein
1 Jun 2026
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In a recent CNN interview, Professor Heiwai Tang, Associate Dean of HKU Business School and Director of the Asia Global Institute, was asked what is driving this global push by Chinese companies. He noted three main reasons.
24 Jun 2026
Faculty
Recently, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) rolled out a new scheme to regulate cross-border securities, futures, and fund management activities. Supported by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) of Hong Kong, the rules for Mainland clients opening securities investment accounts in Hong Kong have been updated simultaneously.
24 Jun 2026
Faculty
In an interview with Ta Kung Pao, Dr. Yifei Zhang, Senior Lecturer of Economics at HKU Business School, observed that when "I miss my father" becomes "what should I buy," the market reduces a priceless gesture of affection into something comparable, conspicuous, and delegable. He suggests setting a monetary budget cap on celebrations and redirecting attention to a "time budget" instead.
21 June 2026
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The IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2026 shows that Hong Kong ranks second globally, behind only Singapore. Prof. Heiwai Tang, Associate Dean of HKU Business School, said in the Hong Kong Economic Journal that, compared with Hong Kong, Singapore has long taken a more proactive to industrial development, especially in emerging industries.
19 Jun 2026
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In an interview with Ta Kung Pao, Prof. Heiwai Tang, Associate Dean of HKU Business School and Director of the Asia Global Institute, outlined three pathways through which finance can empower the real economy: supporting innovation and technology enterprises, particularly SMEs with new productive capabilities; facilitating the global expansion of intellectual property, as Chinese firms enter a new phase of exporting culture, brands, and IP; and strengthening trade finance and trade insurance to help firms secure financing and navigate complex international environments.
19 June 2026
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Prof. Roy Tan, Professor of Practice at HKU Business School and Academic Director of Custom Executive Education, argues in Fortune China that HR is undergoing fundamental disruption in 2026 — not incremental change. Drawing on his MBA and EMBA teaching and executive education work with global firms, he identifies three structural breaks: AI has automated HR's traditional workload, leaving the profession without a clear new mandate; the psychological contract between employers and employees has expired without a replacement; and most leadership development frameworks still train leaders for a predictable world that no longer exists. He calls on HR professionals to rebuild from first principles.
19 June 2026
Faculty
A Harvard–BCG experiment found consultants using GPT-4 excelled on tasks within AI's reach, but erred more on complex problems beyond it. The reason: AI cannot grasp the unspoken standards that live in human experience. Prof. Xin Tong of HKU Business School argues that delegating to AI well means making these tacit judgments explicit. In the age of AI, each of us must learn to define what "good" means.
13 June 2026
Faculty
Anthropic’s move to restrict access to its cutting-edge model, Claude Fable 5, is expected to create new hurdles for Chinese artificial intelligence labs, experts say, even as the US firm walks back part of its enforcement plan following a backlash from the global AI research community.
12 Jun 2026
Faculty
In 2024, I taught a master’s course at HKU on the dynamics of multinational corporations. For their capstone graduation project, one student group chose to study the Danish company Too Good To Go.
12 Jun 2026
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