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Corporate Sustainability : A Community Dialogue
The School of Business, the first business school in Hong Kong to have joined the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), has launched a Strategic Development Fund Project: “Corporate Sustainability: A Community Dialogue” to explore and develop at the theoretical and practical levels business approaches that focus on sustainability. Through seminars, workshops, contests, exhibitions and research projects, this Project will encourage dialogue and interaction between students, academic community, and Hong Kong community at large. The two international academic conferences initiated and hosted by the School on a biennial basis, namely the Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Conference (supported by Pacific Basin Finance Journal) and the World Business Ethics Forum (supported by the Journal of Business Ethics), also serve as platforms for scholars and the business community to explore new approaches to and ideas of the relevant areas of Corporate Sustainability.
Research Priorities
In addition to our satisfactory scores above the sector-wide median in the Business Studies area in 1999 and 2006 Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) among local universities, our faculty members have consistently gained recognition and achievement in the research scene, having involved invariably and actively in academic as well as applied research with a corporate advisory or policy impact. Strategic research areas are highly relevant in the business community and have made significant contribution in the advancement of knowledge in areas such as Finance and Economics, Human Resources Management, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Marketing, as well as China Business.
We strive to excel in selected research areas by sustaining high application and success rates for research funding and recognition of high quality research and publications. Over the years, our faculty members have achieved remarkable track record in the Research Grants Council (RGC)
General Research Fund (GRF) and Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) project. The funding of GRF or SPPR projects is deemed as the gold standard for research achievement, involving rigorous peer review by the RGC’s international network of expert referees.
The School’s Institute for Enterprise Development is actively collaborating with HKSAR Government, private and public sectors in Hong Kong and the Mainland by providing policy research, consultancy service, executive development programme and contract research. These projects undertaken by our faculty members have helped develop public policies and shape business practices in various industries.
To encourage synergy among the faculty's research efforts, the School established three specialised research centres:
Centre for Corporate Governance and Financial Policy Centre for Human Resources Strategy and Development Chinese Businesses Case Research Centre:
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Centre for Human Resources Strategy and Development
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Research Grants Council (RGC)
Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) Funding Scheme
Supported Project
2010-2011
Prof. Tsang Shu-ki, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Enterprise Development
Dr. Cheng Yuk-shing, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
The Role of Hong Kong’s Financial Centre in China’s Development
General Research Fund (GRF)
Supported Projects
2012-2013
China's Growth-Energy Nexus - Aggregate and Disaggregate Analyses
Robust Bayesian Forecast Combination with Application to Forecasting Stock Index Return
Dr. Weng Weiwei, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Does School Popularity Distribution Matter?
Dr. Li Gang, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
Credit Risk and Option Pricing
Dr. Cheung Siu-yin, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Management
When and How Does Functional Diversity Benefit Team Innovation? Examining Support for Innovation as the Moderator and Knowledge Sharing as the Mediator
Dr. Flora Chiang, Professor, Department of Management
The Effects of Job Characteristics on Job Stress and Service Performance: The Moderating Role of Content- and Context- Resources in the Hong Kong Hospitality Industry
Dr. Shirley Cheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Predicting Changes in Consumers' Self-Brand Connection: A Goal-System Perspective
Dr. Tsang Sze-lung, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Resolving Group Service Failures: Insights from Social Impact Theory
Dr. Danny Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Managing Opportunism in a Distribution Network: The Observer Effect of Punishment
2011-2012
Dr. Wan Shui-ki, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Identifying and Testing for Moral Hazard in French Automobile Insurance Market
Which firms benefit from bribes, and how much? Evidence from worldwide corruption cases
Dr. Huang Guohua, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
The effect of job insecurity on counterproductive work behavior: The mediating role of moral disengagement and moderating role of ethical climate and individual differences
Dr. Shirley Cheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Consumer Exclusionary Reactions to Foreign Businesses: A Cultural-Threat Perspective
Dr. Henry Fock, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Antecedent and Contingency Factors leading to Positive Responses of Non-VIP customers toward Preferential Treatment received by VIP Customers
Dr. Zhang Junfeng, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Firm Social Capital and Technological Capital: Complement or Substitute for Innovation Performance?
2010-2011
The Hedging Cost, Market Making and Liquidity of Derivative Securities
Prof. Li Ji, Professor, Department of Management
Symbiotic Ownership and Firm Performance, The Moderating Effects of Specialism and Trust
Prof. Edward Snape, Professor, Department of Management
Union Commitment and Participation in Foreign-Invested Enterprises in China's Pearl River Delta Region
2009-2010
Product Market Power and Analyst Forecasting Activity
Dr. Alex Lau, Associate Professor, Department of Accountancy and Law
Rethinking Directors’ Duties in China from a Socio-Legal Perspective: Does Culture Matter?
Prof. Wong Wing-keung, Professor, Department of Economics
New Theories on Stochastic Dominance, their Test Statistics with Applications in Economics and Finance
Why Members Continue to Share Knowledge in Virtual Knowledge Communities: A Longitudinal Study
Dr. Emily Huang, Assistant Professor, Department of Management
A Process Model of Job Insecurity: The Mediating Role of Affective Job Insecurity
Dr. Wei Liqun, Associate Professor, Department of Management
Top Management Team Diversity, Team Mechanisms, and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of CEO Empowering Leadership
2008-2009
Cost of Debt, Corporate Transparency, and Corporate Governance around the World
Dr. Kot Hung-wan, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
Short-sale Constraints and A-H Share Premiums
Prof. Lam Kin, Chair Professor, Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
Pseudo-Bayesian Updating and Market Anomalies
The Effects of Lean Production Work Practices on Occupational Stress: A Case of Hong Kong Owned Manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta