School News

Congratulations to our student for winning the Second Place in Deloitte Digital Camp 2024! The Deloitte Digital Camp 2024 is a global competition organised by Deloitte with the aim to inspire and equip future talent with skills to thrive in an ever-evolving business landscape.

Prof. Roni Michaely and coauthors’ research “Producing AI Innovation and Its Value Implications”, won the best research paper award at the Finance Symposium 2024. The research offers a roadmap for understanding the far-reaching impacts of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution on innovation, corporate strategy, and firm value. By examining the activities of U.S. publicly traded firms, it is discovered that AI accounts for a rapidly growing share of innovative work in the last 30 years (1990-2020), with a record of 25% by scientific value and 35% by commercial value.

Congratulations to our students for winning 2^nd Runner-up in the Cross-Strait Hong Kong and Macao Logistic and Supply Chain Management Case Competition 2024!

HKU Business School and Wynn Resorts (Macau) S.A. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on nurturing industry leaders and elevating academic research in support of the tourism industry. The partnership marks an important milestone in strengthening collaboration between the academic and business sectors in the modern service industry.

The Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium, a cross-institutional effort initiated by Prof. Zhiwu Chen in 2013, trains aspiring young researchers from various disciplines to become successful scholars in the rapidly growing field of quantitative history, with a focus on China. This summer, the project team members and advisory board members of the Centre for Quantitative History (CQH) at the HKU Business School brought the team’s momentum again to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), where they jointly organized the 10th Summer School for Quantitative History cum International Symposium on Quantitative History together with SJTU Department of History, and the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University of China. These annual activities, held from July 6 to 15, 2024, were a success, attracting over 250 scholars from universities and research institutions around the world.

The Conference on Digital Innovation and Transformation in the Age of AI was successfully held on July 12, 2024, at HKU-iCube. Hosted by the HKU Business School’s Institute of Digital Economy and Innovation (IDEI) and the Area of Innovation and Information Management (IIM), the event brought together over 50 researchers, professionals, and industry experts. Participants engaged in discussions on the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in digital innovation and transformation within the rapidly evolving AI landscape.