CUHK Business School

27/07/2026

The latest issue of CUHK Business magazine from CUHK Business School is now officially live!

This July 2026 edition charts the new frontier of modern executive leadership, bridging rigorous academic research with practical corporate application. Here is what readers will discover in this issue:

📌 In-depth findings and insights on examining AI-driven resilience, robotic workforce inclusivity, impacts of foreign investments, and the delicate balance of high-stakes CEO dilemmas.

📌 Highlights from our inaugural Greater Bay Area CEO Forum, a landmark event that gathered more than 200 prominent business leaders, policymakers, and industry experts.

📌 A celebration of the global student triumphs and practice-grounded alumni achievements that continue to drive our community’s real-world success.

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24/07/2026

Celebrating research excellence at CUHK Business Schooll! 🥳

We are thrilled to announce that three CUHK Business School faculty members have been named recipients of the prestigious Research Grants Council (RGC) fellowship schemes for the 2026/27 academic year!👏🏻

RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme

🎓Professor Michael Zhang Xiaoquan, Wei Lun Professor of Business AI, Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology
🏆Project title: “Toward a Holistic Understanding of Distributional Uncertainty”
🔜Research focus: Addressing a major limitation of current analytical models by developing a comprehensive framework to measure and manage the source of uncertainty, delivering practical tools for finance, healthcare, and AI governance.

RGC Research Fellow Scheme

🎓Professor Liu Ruixuan, Associate Professor, Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology
🏆Project title: “Deep Generative Modelling Meets Causal Inference”
🔜Research focus: Advancing causal inference by integrating state-of-the-art AI and deep generative models (transformer-based and diffusion-based approaches) to evaluate dynamic policies and complex decisions.

RGC Overseas Research Fellowship Scheme

🏆Funding awarded
🎓Professor Zoe Yang Yang, Associate Professor, School of Hotel and Tourism Management
🔜Research focus: Leveraging large-scale urban data and empirical analysis to examine housing market dynamics, transport infrastructure, and urban sustainability while building international research collaborations with the University of British Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the National University of Singapore.

RGC offers ongoing research assistance enabling academics to dedicate themselves to high-impact research while cultivating future research talent for Hong Kong.

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22/07/2026

From her IBBA days to recent part-time MBA journey, Sarah Lee's dedication to continuous growth at CUHK Business School is truly inspiring!✨

Working as an Deputy Manager at Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), Sarah has successfully balanced her corporate career with academic excellence. She was recognised with the “Tang Kee-Chan Memorial Scholarship”— established by alumnus Steve Ng (MBA 1971) in honour of his late father-in-law, the legendary Hong Kong "King of Comedy", Mr Tang Kee-chan.

🌟To celebrate her achievement, a reunion was organised for Sarah and Steve, unveiling a delightful surprise: Steve worked at the same company half a century ago before relocating to Canada! He brought along treasured company memorabilia to present to Sarah, leading to an afternoon filled with shared laughs, career reflections, and insights into the evolving shipping and logistics sector within the Greater Bay Area and beyond.

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20/07/2026

A new study co-authored by Professor Prasanna Karhade, Associate Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at CUHK Business School highlights why companies struggle to widely deploy AI automation, revealing how top-down vs. bottom-up dynamics determine adoption.

📌 Employee-led AI initiatives drive responsiveness and innovation, but risk fragmentation without clear governance .
📌 Top-down control often results in underutilised and unrepeatable AI projects, especially those without employee input.
📌 The key lies in blending employee initiatives, within clear governance frameworks that promote responsible and scalable use.
📌 Centralised IT support is essential to provide foundational infrastructure guardrails, ensuring AI tools remain reliable across the entire enterprise.

Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4fqDJHz

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16/07/2026

16/07/2026

As global markets become increasingly interconnected, how do Hong Kong’s unique strengths bolster the GBA’s continued development.

At the CUHK Business School Greater Bay Area (GBA) CEO Forum, Mr Vincent Chui, Head of Wealth Management, Asia Pacific, Morgan Stanley; Mr Martin Matsui, Former Chief Strategy Officer, Exchange Fund Investment Office, Hong Kong Monetary Authority; and Mr Yan Xuan, Senior Fellow, The Pacific Forum, examined the forces shaping Hong Kong's evolving role within the GBA.

The discussion explored how continued financial opening, RMB internationalisation and cross-border market connectivity are creating new opportunities for regional growth. Panellists also highlighted Hong Kong's institutional strengths—including financial stability, the common law system and investor confidence—as key advantages that reinforce its role as both an international financial centre and a strategic platform connecting China with global capital.

For details: https://bit.ly/4f3egoD

10/07/2026

Foreign direct investment acts as a vital engine for local competitiveness, yet its positive impacts follow a bounded trajectory that can crowd out new local entrepreneurs. A new study from Professor Ma Xufei, Professor of the Department of Management at CUHK Business School, reveals that foreign capital presence follows an inverted U-shaped lifecycle rather than a linear growth path, impacting how local entrepreneurs scale operations.

📌 The threshold: Positive spillover benefits peak when foreign firms account for 48% of sales in a specific industry and province.

📌 Knowledge transfer: Below this threshold, local enterprises can capitalise on positive spillover to learn technologies and managerial expertise.

📌 Crowding-out effect: Surpassing this limit intensifies competition, drives up operational costs, and drains skilled talent.

📌 Ecosystem gravity: Strongly developed non-state economies driven by private sectors enhance learning but also allow foreign competitors to expand aggressively.

Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4gcTxzx

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08/07/2026

We are proud to announce that The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 - CUHK has been ranked 10th worldwide in the Real Estate Academic Leadership Institutional Rankings for 2021-2025, placing first in Hong Kong and second in Asia.🏆 CUHK Business School contributed 20 publications to top journals, representing a rise of seven places from the previous year.📈

Driven by the Centre for Hospitality and Real Estate Research under the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, this achievement underscores our global research leadership and steadfast commitment to impactful scholarship.

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03/07/2026

Advanced automation in human resource management uncovers a severe latent repercussion, driving intense negative employee reactions. New research by Professor Choi Sungwoo, Assistant Professor of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at CUHK Business School, indicates that relying on AI for high-stakes career decisions severely undermines corporate morale, particularly in firms that explicitly espouse human-centred values.

📌 AI deployment for promotions or pay rises triggers lower commitment, stronger turnover intentions, and retaliatory actions.

📌 Employees experience powerlessness and objectification due to a loss of empathy, transparency, and operational control.

📌 A unique cultural paradox exists where collaborative, family-like workplace cultures face the greatest resistance to AI, viewing automation as a cultural betrayal.

📌 A hybrid approach utilising AI only in an assistive capacity for voluminous tasks can preserve human-oriented growth.

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01/07/2026

Celebrating Teaching Excellence at CUHK Business School! 🥳

We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the CUHK Business School Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (FTEA) 2024-25! 🏆✨

🌟General Faculty Members
🎓 Professor Catherine Yeung Wing-man, Department of Marketing 🎓 Professor Philip Zhang Renyu, Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology

🌟 Early Career Faculty Member
🎓 Professor Hoonie Kang Sanghoon, Department of Management

Established in 2014-15, the FTEA recognises faculty members who go above and beyond to provide an exceptional learning experience, nurturing the next generation of business leaders.

Thank you for making learning at the School an unforgettable adventure! ❤️Like this post to show your favourite professors some love!

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