The HKUST Business School is committed to carrying out high quality research that extends the frontiers of business knowledge and contributes to real life practice. Throughout the years, the School and its faculty members have consistently been recognized for their intellectual contributions both locally and internationally.

	Center for Asian Financial Markets
	Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies
	Center for Business Case Studies
	Center for Business Strategy and Innovation
	Center for E-Commerce
	Center for Economic Development
	Center for Experimental Business Research
	Center for Marketing and Supply Chain Management
	Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research
	Shui On Center for China Business & Management
	Value Partners Center for Investing

The Center was formed in 1997 to develop a data and knowledge base of Asian financial markets. It seeks to facilitate both research and the dissemination of knowledge and expertise while providing an academic interface with government and business. The Center publishes extensively, offers its expertise externally, develops new data and teaching materials, issues a bi-annual newsletter, a working paper series, seminars and public lectures, and provides executive education, consulting services, and contract research.

Director: Sudipto Dasgupta, Chair Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 7685
Email: dasgupta@ust.hk

2009 Global Market Integration and Financial Crises Conference

The Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies aims to become a center of excellence for knowledge and a leader in the understanding of the burgeoning family business sector in Asia through top-quality academic research and teaching on distinctive characteristics of Asian family business. Recognizing the multi-disciplinary nature of the field of family business, the Center draws its strength of from the Departments of Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing and Social Sciences at HKUST to achieve the following objectives:

	To promote greater understanding of the distinctive characteristics of Asian family business through top-quality multi-disciplinary academic research;
	To organize academic and industry symposiums;
	To develop and teach customized corporate, executive and MBA courses;
	To promote case method, case writing and teaching on Asian family business.

Director: Roger King, Adjunct Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 8259
Email: rking@ust.hk 

Associate Director: Ali Beba, Adjunct Professor of Management
Tel: (852) 2358 6404
Email: alibeba@ust.hk

2008 HKUST Summer Symposium on Family Business Research

The Center of Business Case Studies (CBCS) at HKUST Business School aims to advance learning and teaching through the development of Asian business case studies.

We draw on the strengths of HKUST world class business program to develop business case studies that are relevant to students who want to learn about doing business in Asia. In developing our cases, we work closely with faculty and company executives to draw learning experiences from real-world business challenges and opportunities.

	To facilitate the development of quality Asian business cases under the supervision of HKUST faculty
	To promote the case method of teaching at HKUST
	To organize and host case teaching and writing workshops
	To promote inter-faculty and inter-university collaboration
	To develop closer links with Asia's business community

Director: Roger King, Adjunct Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 8259
Email: rking@ust.hk

Associate Director: Winnie Peng, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 8259
Email: pengq@ust.hk

Center Manager: Jeroen van den Berg
Tel: (852) 2358 6012
Email: jeroen@ust.hk

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The Center for Business Strategy and Innovation aims to apply rigorous academic research of the MGMT department and the school to readily apparent needs of the business community and public institutions in Hong Kong and the region. By funding scholars to tackle critical business issues, we aim to have an impact on the practice of management in relation to innovation and strategy, and to make an important contribution to the economic development of Hong Kong and China.

	To facilitate, sponsor and publish high quality, applied research addressing critical issues related to innovation and strategy, and relevant public policy issues;
	To build a strong relationship with businesses and the community;
	To improve the practice of management by publishing the results of applied research in practitioner-oriented journals and in local and international business publications;
	To serve as a platform for conducting executive seminars, speaker series, and conferences;
	To contribute to MBA/EMBA and executive education programs by developing teaching cases dealing with local companies and global firms in the region.

Director: Jiatao Li, Associate Dean, Chair Professor and Department Head of Management
Tel: (852) 2358 7757
Email: mnjtli@ust.hk

Associate Director: Yan Xu, Associate Dean, Associate Professor of ISOM
Tel: (852) 2358 7640
Email: xuyan@ust.hk

The CEC advances theory and practices related to business conducted over electronic media and also contributes to the economic development of Hong Kong by:

	Enabling Electronic Commerce through frontier research in the integration of technology, organization, and market structure;
	Upgrading the manpower of Hong Kong through high-end executive and online programs on Electronic Commerce topics; and
	Collaborating closely with industrials partners to transfer and assist implementation of technologies and process innovations developed by the Center.

Director: Kar Yan Tam, Chair Professor of ISOM
Tel: (852) 2358 7636
Email: kytam@ust.hk

The Center for Economic Development was established in 1995 to promote strong research programs focusing on the study of economic development in the Asia-Pacific region. The Center supports theoretical research on economic growth and transitional economies, and is active in public policy debates in Hong Kong.

Director: Siu Fai Leung, Professor of Economics
Tel: (852) 2358 7618
Email: sfleung@ust.hk

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The Center for Experimental Business Research aims to promote the use of experimental methods in business research, expand experimental methodology through research and teaching, and leverage the strengths deriving from the new frontiers of knowledge.

Director: Yuk Fai Fong, Associate Professor of Economics
Tel: (852) 2358 7620
Email: yfong@ust.hk

Associate Director: Wooyoung Lim, Assistant Professor of Economics
Tel: (852) 2358 7628
Email: wooyoung@ust.hk

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The Center for Marketing and Supply Chain Management (originally Center for Marketing and Distribution), established in April 2005 with the generous support of the Fung Foundation Ltd, promotes high quality research on the interface of marketing and supply chain management, with a focus on the applications to China.

The mission of the Center is to influence the future business practices in marketing and supply chain management in or related to China. To this end, the activities will target people that are influencing the industry – policy setters, industry leaders, prominent academics, and people that will be making an influence – university students, budding researchers.

The goal of the Center is to promote and support research in marketing, supply chain management and related technologies at the HKUST Business School, with the goal of (a) increasing the visibility and prestige of the School’s leadership in these areas, (b) further cementing the global academic leadership of the HKUST Business School in the areas of marketing and supply chain management, and (c) enhancing the competitiveness of companies in the afore-mentioned areas, particularly in China.

	Stimulate and support research on the interface of marketing and supply chain management, with a focus on applications to China;
	Support curriculum development;
	Enrich the contribution of the HKUST Business School as a knowledge center serving the region.

Director: Shaohui Zheng, Professor of ISOM
Tel: (852) 2358 7751
Email: imzheng@ust.hk

Co-Directors:
Liang Guo, Associate Professor of Marketing
Tel: (852) 2358 7717
Email: mkguo@ust.hk

Anaimalai V Muthukrishnan, Professor of Marketing
Tel: (852) 2358 7715
Email: mkmuthu@ust.hk

The Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research has as its objective the improvement of management practices, both of firms doing business in Greater China and also Chinese companies doing business globally. This will be achieved by conducting rigorous academic research in the related areas. Our vision extends to becoming the world's leading center of excellence for knowledge on China-related organizational and management practices.

Director: Larry Farh, Chair Professor of Management
Tel: (852) 2358 7735
Email: mnlfarh@ust.hk

Associate Director: Yaping Gong, Associate Professor of Management
Tel: (852) 2358 7748
Email: mnygong@ust.hk

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The Shui On Center for China Business and Management has been established by the School of Business and Management (SBM) of the HKUST with the sponsorship of Shui On Holdings Limited. The Center aims to promote and sustain academic-business collaboration through management development programs, industry forums, applied research, and case development projects related to China business and management. The ultimate goal is to advance and disseminate our knowledge and understanding of China business, and nurture top caliber China business managers as well as entrepreneurs with business interests in China.

Director: Danyang Xie, Professor of Economics
Tel: (852) 2358 7615
Email: dxie@ust.hk

The Value Partners Center for Investing aims to contribute to Hong Kong's role as a pre-eminent regional asset management center through promoting and supporting a wide range of activities in relation to investment research and training with the generous donation from Value Partners Group Limited.

The Center's activities include the provision of investment management training courses for students at HKUST, the establishment of a Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF); the enhancement of industry-academia interactions through outreach activities including seminars, conferences and publications; and support for scientific and policy research on investment management in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Director: Kalok Chan, Associate Dean, Chair Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 7669
Email: kachan@ust.hk

Associate Directors:
K.C. John Wei, Chair Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 7676
Email: johnwei@ust.hk

Samuel Xin Liang, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance
Tel: (852) 2358 7663
Email: samliang@ust.hk

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