繼《2016年施政報告》提出香港「再工業化」計劃,創新科技局翌年成立創新、科技及再工業化委員會。至今香港工業化進展不大,市民對再工業化前景與政府的政策用心也不太了解。有見及此,筆者最近與香港生產力促進局合作,撰寫《香港再工業化研究》報告,透過企業問卷調查及與業界代表焦點小組討論,以微觀數據分析製造業的當前挑戰,以及利用工業4.0技術升級轉型的潛力與困難,最後分析本港再工業化的可能性與政策期望。
5 Jan 2022
Economics
The relationships between government policy, economic growth and financial markets have been a long-standing and challenging question in economic and finance. While the traditional researches mainly focus on the effect from a particular fiscal or monetary policy to the economy, Dr. Yang Liu, Assistant Professor in Finance, HKU Business School and Dr. Ivan Shaliastovich, Associate Professor in Finance, Wisconsin School of Business have taken a novel approach in their recent research by considering the real-time public assessments of the presidential job performance in 49 years, providing a more comprehensive and in-depth analysis to evaluate the influence of favourable policy to the local economy.
4 Jan 2022
Economics
The 2022 Q1 Hong Kong Macroeconomic Forecast Report
4 Jan 2022
Economics
It’s been a record year for China’s internet moguls, but not in the way most would have hoped. The country’s 10 richest tech tycoons lost $80 billion in combined net worth in 2021, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, amid widescale crackdowns by Chinese regulators. The drop represents almost a quarter of their total wealth and is the largest one-year decline since 2012, when the index started tracking the world’s richest people.
30 Dec 2021
Faculty
新冠肺炎變種病毒的威脅與日俱增,醫療保健和生物科技業有何應對辦法,自然備受全球關注。生物科技的發展有助解決現存問題, 例如傳染病疫苗、老齡化社會以至氣候變化,對人類社會貢獻極大;但研發過程漫長,技術風險高,尤其需要長期投資和雄厚資本,以及上市前後的持續融資。
29 Dec 2021
Economics
《邁進北部都會區》系列報道,北部都會區日後估計會發展三十多萬個公營房屋單位,不過有學者質疑當局建屋的目標出現滯後。運輸及房屋局局長陳帆就表示,會多管齊下加快建屋進度。
24 Dec 2021
Faculty
網上流傳這樣一條選擇題:「疫情過後,誰在主導你公司業務的數碼轉型?」答案並非行政總裁或技術總監,而是2019冠狀病毒。這個答案雖聽上去頗具玩笑意味,但卻甚具現實意義。顧問公司麥肯錫(McKinsey & Company)對899位高管進行了調研,受訪者中絕大部分表示新冠肺炎疫情是促使其公司業務數碼化的催化劑,而數碼化進程也較之前的預期更快速。公共衞生危機尚未爆發之際,受訪者公司普遍以為「需超過一年時間才有望實現遠程工作」,但實際上疫情後這些公司「平均只需11天就能制定可行方案」。
22 Dec 2021
Economics
Hong Kong insurers are now eagerly awaiting the border re-opening with the mainland and keen to tap into the growing Greater Bay Area (GBA) market. And while COVID-19 has accelerated digital transformation, maintaining the “human touch” is equally important to an industry that is people-oriented and built on trust and integrity.
21 Dec 2021
Faculty