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PhD Program 2009-10

in Postgraduate Research Education



HKUST Business School

PhD Program



Contents

4 Message from the Dean5 Message from the PhD Director6 About the PhD Program

10 Fields of Program12 PhD in Accounting14 PhD in Economics16 PhD in Finance18 PhD in Information Systems20 PhD in Operations Management/Statistics22 PhD in Management of Organizations24 PhD in Marketing

26 Students and Graduates28 Graduate Placement Prole

30 Applying to PhD Program



Widely recognized as one o the most respected business schools in the Asia-Pacic region, the HKUST

Business School is consistently ranked among the top 20 in the world in business research. Consistent

with this overall ranking, our individual disciplines have also been ranked highly on a global scale or

their research accomplishments. This strong research-intensive tradition and our serene campus have

created a desirable environment or the development o young and aspiring researchers.

The design o our PhD program is rooted in the North American model. Students acquire a strong

undamental in the core knowledge o their elds o study and the rontier research methodology beore

they set out to start their thesis research. They work closely with and receive continuous supervisionrom our aculty members, who were trained in the world’s top research universities and many o them

are well known leaders in their respective elds.

While beneting rom a preparation that matches international standards, our PhD students also enjoy

close proximity to mainland China, the economic growth engine o the world, and the booming Asia-

Pacic region. This proximity creates chances or them to work on issues that not only are unique to this

region, but also catch the attention o the world.

With strong growth o the world economy, and ast openings o many emergent markets, opportunities

abound or business aculty and research specialists. I you are interested in pursuing a career in

academic research in management in the academia, industries or governments, you would be well

advised to join our doctoral programs.

Prof. Leonard Cheng, PhD

Acting Dean

4 Message from the Dean



Be part o the astest growing business school in Asia. Located in the vibrant city o Hong Kong, a

strategic conduit to the world’s largest emerging economy, the HKUST Business School has achieved

prominent standing in business education with amazing speed. With eminent aculty whose passion

or research is contagious and a campus environment o pure natural beauty – matched only by its

residents’ intellectual pursuit – you too can be part o HKUST’s pursuit o excellence.

What distinguishes the doctoral program rom others is the emphasis on creating new knowledge

through research. We are committed to educating scholars who will learn to be leaders in their eld

o research. The learning process our doctoral students experience equips them with up-to-date andin-depth knowledge in their eld, rigorous research methodology, the ability to think critically, and the

communication skills to present research results with clarity. These attributes will have long lasting value

to your uture success as a scholar.

I am delighted that you are interested in our PhD programs. The remarkable story o the development o

the HKUST Business School is still continuing. You too can be part o this story!

Read on to learn more about our program or visit our web site at http://www.bm.ust.hk/phd/ or more

inormation. I look orward to meeting you on our campus soon.

Prof. Inchi Hu, PhD

Director, PhD Program

Message from the PhD Director 5



The PhD Program

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree program in

the HKUST Business School is research oriented. It

prepares students for a teaching and/or research career

in universities, research institutions, governments,

and business organizations. The program has a global

perspective. The doctoral program currently allows

specialization in accounting, economics, finance,

information systems, management of organizations,

marketing, operations management and statistics.

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Why HKUST for a Business PhD Program?

Strong Research Culture

The 140 scholars rom all over the world who make up our

aculty are some o the brightest in their ields. Our various

departments are consistently ranked among the top in the world

in terms o research productivity as measured by publications

in the top academic journals. The School plays host to manyprominent visiting scholars who visit HKUST or long or short

period o time, allowing or ample interaction with our PhD

students.

International Recognition

Research Rankings

Consistently among the top 20 in the world

Source: The Financial Times 2008 MBA Ranking

Program RankingsMBA – Consistently top 20 in the world

EMBA with Kellogg School o Management – Consistently top 3

in the world

Sources:

The Financial Times (2008) Economist Intelligence Unit (2008)

The Financial Times (2005-2008)

Accreditation

Accredi ted by both the Association to Advance Col legiate

Schools o Business (AACSB) and the European Quality

Improvement System ( EQUIS)

Individual Faculty Advising

Each doctoral student works with an academic advisor to

design a program o study that refects the student’s interests.

Solid Foundation Training inResearch and Teaching

The program design eatures 2 years o course work and 2-3

years o research. Course work requirements depend on the

background and areas o concentration o the student. The

student must also pass a qualiying examination and then write

and orally deend a thesis.

During the program, students will be provided with substantial

training to prepare them as eective teachers. This includes

courses in language and presentation skills, teaching practicum

and teaching workshops. PhD student teachers are eligible to

compete or the School’s Franklin Prize or Teaching Excellence

awards.

Prominent scholars such as Nobel Laureate in Economics

Vernon Smith (let) and the Emotional Intelligence guru Daniel

Goleman are invited to the School’s various conerences and

events.

The PhD Program 7



Program Requirements and Curriculum

In general, a PhD program consists o our parts:

Required Courses Elective Courses

Field Courses A Research Thesis

Introductory Quantitative Requirements

Mathematics or Business and Economics•

Introduction to Probability•

General Management Requirements

Students are required to take at least three o the

ollowing courses. Exemption, subject to the PhD

Director’s approval, may be possible or students

with an MBA or a BBA degree.

Financial Accounting Foundations•

Corporate Finance or Investment Analysis and Portolio• Management

Operations and Technology Management•

Marketing Strategy and Policy•

Management o Organizations•

Common Core Requirements

Each student must take common core

courses regardless o his/her major eld including:

Microeconomic Analysis; or Microeconomic Theory I•

Statistical Methods or Business and Economics I•

Postgraduate English or Academic Purposes•

Two o the ollowing:•

- Microeconomic Theory II

- Econometrics; or

Statistical Methods or Business and Economics II

- Multivariate Data Analysis

- Doctoral Seminar in Behavioral Research Methods

Group Communication Skills Development•

Major Field Requirements

Each student is required to take at least 9 credits o

PhD level courses in the major eld. Additional course

requirements are imposed or some major elds.

Minimum Course Requirements

The minimum course requirement beore advancing

to candidacy is 36 credits, with a minimum o 15

credits o PhD-level courses excluding the common

core requirements. Subject to the approval o the PhD

Director, up to 12 credit hours can be transerred rom a

postgraduate program at a recognized institution.

Major Field Examinations

Full-time students must make the rst attempt by the end

o the second year, and part-time students must make therst attempt by the end o the third year unless a later date

is approved by the department.

Research Paper Presentation

Students have to submit research proposals to the PhD

coordinator by the end o the second (third) year, and no

later than their rst attempt at the major eld examination,

and prepare and present the paper by the end o the third

year (ourth year). The paper must be approved by two

aculty members in the student’s major department.

Thesis

Ater passing the major eld exam and acceptance o

the research paper by the major department, the student

should orm a thesis committee to direct his/her thesis

research. The process o the preparation and acceptance

o the thesis is available at http://www.bm.ust.hk/phd/phd.

html.

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Structure o the Program

The PhD program is designed to enable students to gain

a deep knowledge o management in general, to ocus

on a specialized eld, and to provide opportunities or the

student to do original, undamental research in his/her

specialization. Thus, the rst two years o the program

will normally be devoted to coursework, leading to the

major eld examination and a research paper. Ater that,

the student will begin to write the thesis.

Length o Program

A ull-time student making good progress is expected to

be able to complete a PhD degree in our to ve years (two

years or courses and examinations, and two to three

years or the thesis).

A Sample Course Schedule or Full-time PhD Students without

BBA or MBA and sucient quantitative background

The PhD Program 9

Fourth-Fith Year

To Create Knowledge Thesis

Third Year

To Conduct ResearchResearch Paper

Second Year

To Develop Expertise

Major eld courses

MBA requirements

Electives

Research in progress

First Year

To Build Foundation

Introductory Quantitative Requirements

Common core courses



The School’s PhD program offers research foci inAccounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems,

Management of Organizations, Marketing, OperationsManagement and Statistics. There is a variety of programsto meet the dierent needs of students.

Fields of Program

10 Fields of Program



PhD in Accounting

PhD in Economics

PhD in Finance

PhD in Information Systems

PhD in Operations Management/Statistics

PhD in Management of Organizations

PhD in Marketing

Fields of Program 11



HKUST Accounting

HKUST is home to Asia’s premier accounting program, combining world-leading research, award-winning teaching, outstanding students, and a state-o-the-art curriculum to train tomorrow’sleaders. All aculty have PhDs rom the world’s top research universities.

In recent years, the department consistently ranks among the best globally in publications in leadingaccounting research journals. For example, according to The UTD Top 100 Business SchoolResearch Rankings, the Department ranks 12th worldwide in publications in top three accounting journals in the last ten years (1998-2007).

HKUST is accredited by the Hong Kong Institute o Certied Public Accountants. In 1999, HKUST became the irst accounting program outside North America to win accreditation rom AACSB,

the premier accrediting agency or business schools. In 2003, HKUST became the rst universityoutside North America awarded a chapter o Beta Alpha Psi, the world’s premier accountinghonorary organization.

The research oci o Department o Accounting aculty members are in the ollowing areas:securities pricing, management perormance measures, accounting and corporate nance issuesin China, East Asia and the US, accounting and capital markets, China law and practice, earningsmanagement, auditing and corporate governance.

The Department hosts the international Summer Symposium on Accounting Research on theHKUST campus which is now a signiicant event on the calendars o accounting academicsworldwide.

Our PhD program is one o the best in the Asia Pacic region. It aims to train students to become

outstanding researchers and educators. The program is similar in structure and content to those attop universities in the world. The program requires students to go through rigorous course trainingin the rst two years to build up a solid oundation o knowledge on economic theories, statistics/ econometrics, nance, as well as accounting. Upon passing the qualiying examination, the studentormally enters the dissertation stage. Throughout the program, aculty advisors work closely withstudents to provide advice and guidance on coursework and research development.

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Kevin C W CHENChair Proessor; Department HeadPhD, University o Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Accounting inormation and securitiespricing; role o accounting issues incorporate governance and securitiesregulation.

Guochang ZHANGProessor

PhD, University o British Columbia Accounting inormation and equityvaluation; nancial reporting; nancialanalysis and orecasting the roles o accounting and nance in resolvingagency conficts.

Peter CHEN Associate ProessorPhD Program Co-ordinatorPhD, University o Alberta Accounting inormation and valuation;capital markets and investment research.

Gilles HILARY Associate ProessorPhD, University o ChicagoCorporate governance and disclosure o inormation; nancial decisions.

Clive LENNOX Associate ProessorPhD, Oxord University Auditing, nancial distress andeconometric methodology.

Tai-Yuan CHEN

Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Texas, DallasCorporate governance; corporatedisclosures; executive compensation.

Chia-chun Hsieh Assistant ProessorPhD, British ColumbiaFinancial reporting and voluntarydisclosure; analyst orecasts andrecommendations; earning quality.

Charles HSU Assistant ProessorPhD, Purdue UniversityEarning management: analysts’ orecasts

and voluntary disclosures.

Kai Wai HUI Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Oregon Voluntary disclosures; executivecompensation and contracting; nancialreporting; earnings management.

Kirille E NOVOSELOV Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Texas, AustinManagerial accounting, corporategovernance, organizational design;centralization vs decentralization,inormation structures, incentivecompensation.

Shiheng WangBA Fudan; MA, PhD Queen’s Univ,Kingston Assistant ProessorInternational accounting, earningsmanagement and accounting raud,nancial analyst activities.

Mingshan ZHANG

Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, Los Angeles Accounting inormation and equityvaluation; stock repurchase; institutions.

Yong ZHANG Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Rochester Accounting inormation and securitiespricing; nancial analysts; corporatedisclosure; trading volume.

Ping Sheng KOH Visiting ScholarPhD, University o TasmaniaEmpirical nancial accounting, earnings

management, corporate governance,executive compensation.

Faculty and Research Interest

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HKUST Economics

The Department o Economics emphasizes both teaching and research, and sees them asmutually reinorcing. Faculty members are encouraged to engage in important research that leadsto publication in leading international journals. Faculty members are also encouraged to applyrigorous methodologies to local economic issues that are o high academic value.

The Department’s research eort is ocused on our specic areas in addition to the common coreo microeconomics and macroeconomics. They are (1) econometrics; (2) economic growth anddevelopment; (3) industrial organization and theory o the rm; (4) international economics; and (5)China’s Economy.

Faculty members in the Department are highly regarded and their accomplishments are ormally

recognized in several studies o productivity in economics research. In a study o East Asianuniversities published in Economic Inquiry (October 1999), HKUST was ranked number one inEast Asia. In a study commissioned by the European Economic Association (2001), HKUST wasranked rst in Asia and 37th in the world. In a study o publications in econometrics published inEconometric Theory (2003), HKUST was ranked 17th in the world or its publications in three coreeconometrics journals and 26th in all theoretical econometrics publications.

The Center or Economic Development was established in 1995 with support rom the Department.Its goals are to support research on the process o economic development, with emphasis oneconomic development in Greater China and the Asia-Paciic region. Some o the department’smembers are active in the School's multidisciplinary Center or Experimental Business Research.

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Danyang XIEProessor, Department Head and SeniorWei Lun FellowPhD, University o ChicagoGrowth and development, money andbanking.

Songnian CHENChair ProessorPhD, Princeton UniversityEconometrics.

Leonard K H CHENGChair Proessor, Acting Dean, SBMPhD, University o Caliornia, BerkeleyInternational trade and investment,market structure and applied gametheory; innovation and imitation.

Soo Hong CHEWChair ProessorPhD, University o British ColumbiaEconomics o uncertainty, experimentaleconomics, decision theory,neuroeconomics.

In CHOIProessorPhD, Yale Tine series, simultaneous equationsmodel, panel data analysis, exchangerate dynamics,

Siu Fai LEUNG Associate ProessorPhD, University o ChicagoMicroeconomics, economics o humanbehavior, labor economics, econometrics.

Francis T LUIProessor, Director, Center or EconomicDevelopmentPhD, University o MinnesotaEconomic growth; social security,corruption, Chinese economy;macroecnoomics. (macroeconomics)

Larry D Qiu

David E COOK

Associate ProessorPhD, University o Wisconsin-MadisonMacroeconomics and monetaryeconomics, economic growth,econometrics.

Susheng WANG Associate Proessor, PhD Program Co-ordinatorPhD, University o TorontoInormation theory, agency models.

Jiahua CHE

Tanjim HOSSAIN Assistant ProessorPhD, Princeton UniversityIndustrial organization, behavioraleconomics, experimental economics;.

Xinyu HUA Assistant Proessor, MSc Program Co-ordinator

PhD, Northwestern UniversityContract theory; economics o organizations; industrial organization; lawand economics.

Ryo OKUI Assistant ProessorPhD, University o PennsylvaniaEconometrics; micro-econometrics;analysis o panel data.

Heiwai TANG Assistant ProessorPhD, MIT International trade, international nance,Chinese economy

Migiwa TANAKA Assistant ProessorPhD, Johns HopkinsEmpirical industrial organization,applied microeconomics, computationeconomics

Pengei WANG Assistant ProessorPhD, Cornell UniversityMacroeconomics, monetary economics,open economy macroeconomics.

Jenny J XU Assistant ProessorPhD, University o British ColumbiaInternational macroeconomics, monetaryeconomics, macroeconomics.

Son Ku KIM

Chenggang XU

Yan XU Visiting Associate ProessorPhD, Duke UniversityMechanism design, industrialorganization, Chinese Economy.

W. David WALLS


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HKUST Finance

The mission o the Department is to produce world-class research, deliver irst-rate inanceeducation, and contribute to the nancial developments in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the Asia-Paciic region. The Department now has more than 20 ull-time regular and visiting acultymembers who are actively engaged in research and provide high quality teaching. We also attractinternational renowned scholars and experienced industry practitioners to contribute to our researchand teaching activities.

The Department has made remarkable achievements since its inception. It has been consistentlyranked No. 1 in research in the Asia-Paciic region, and is currently ranked 26th in the world,according to the FMA-ASU Finance research rankings. Because o the quality o its aculty, theDepartment has quickly gained an international reputation or its research, as well as a local

reputation or its expertise in corporate inance, derivatives, and the local and regional inancialmarkets.

The PhD program in nance strives to prepare students to make signicant contributions to theexisting academic research on topics such as: corporate nance, nancial contracts and institutions,asset pricing, market microstructure, derivatives, and international nancial markets. The nanceaculty works closely with students in helping them develop research topics and conduct academicresearch at the level that can be published in the top academic journals. The nance aculty alsocollaborates with students on joint research projects. The program aims to place its graduates attop research institutions in academic positions.

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Ka Lok CHANSynergis-Georey YEH Chair Proessor o Finance and Department HeadDirector, Center or Fund ManagementPhD, Ohio State UniversityDynamics o asset prices; marketmicrostructure; derivatives;international nancial markets.

John K C WEIChair Proessor and Associate Director o Center or Fund ManagementPhD, University o Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Asset pricing theories; options and utures;international nance;applications o econometrics in nance.

Sudipto DASGUPTA Proessor and Director, Center or AsianFinancial MarketsPhD, University o Southern CaliorniaCorporate nance; auction theory; industrialorganization; game theory.

Vidan Krishan GOYALProessorPhD, University o PittsburghCapital structure; corporate valuation;

international corporate nance;corporate governance; mergers andacquisitions; debt contracts; banking.

Jie GAN Associate ProessorPhD, Massachusetts Institute o TechnologyCorporate nance; nancial institutions; realestate nance.

Nenjiu JU Associate ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, BerkeleyStock valuation; option valuation; termstructure o interest rates;asset pricing; density approximations; capitalstructure.

Peter MACKAY Associate ProessorPhD, Purdue UniversityCorporate nance; nancial institutions andmanagement; internationalnance; real options; risk management.

Mark S. SEASHOLES Associate ProessorPhD, Harvard University Asset pricing (empirical and theoretical);international portoliofows; models o investor behavior and assetprices.

Chu ZHANG Associate ProessorPhD, University o Chicago Theory and empirical study o investments.

Ilona BABENKO Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, Berkeley Theoretical and empirical corporate nance;contract theory; payoutpolicy; capital structure.

Fei DING

Assistant ProessorPhD, Duke UniversityFinancial contracting theory in corporations;the money managementindustry (mutual unds and hedge unds);venture capital; marketmicrostructure.

Du DU Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Chicago Theoretical and empirical asset pricingincluding derivatives,investments, capital markets, and real estate;nancial econometrics;computational nance and macroeconomics.

Laura Xiaolei LIU Assistant ProessorPhD, University o RochesterCorporate nance; market eciencyanomalies; market microstructure.

Jianjun MIAO Assistant ProessorPhD, University o RochesterFirm nancing and investment policies; rmdynamics; real options;dynamic general equilibrium models andincomplete markets models; assetpricing and portolio choice; marketmicrostructure; applications o decision theory.

Sophie Xiaoyan NI Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignInvestments; empirical options; asset pricingtheory; behavioral nance.

Yuri TSERLUKEVICH Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, BerkeleyCorporate nance; capital structure;investments and real options;security design.

Mungo I WILSON Assistant ProessorPhD, Harvard UniversityFinance; asset pricing.

Salih N NEFTCI Visiting ProessorPhD, University o MinnesotaFinancial markets; numerical methods innancial asset pricing;applications o the theory o extremes to risk management.

Jerome YEN Visiting ProessorPhD, University o ArizonaFinancial engineering; risk management.


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HKUST Information Systems

The Department o Inormation Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM)consists o two divisions: Inormation Systems and Operations Management. The Departmentwas ranked 12th in research productivity worldwide based on publications in the top InormationSystems and Operations Management journals by INFORMS.

Faculty members o the Inormation Systems (IS) division are on the editorial boards o the top IS journals and hold prominent positions on the Councils o the Association or Inormation Systemsand the International Telecommunications Society. Our students have gone on to academicpositions in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, and the USA.

The research oci o the IS division are:

Behavioral Research: The primary interest is in studying the management o inormation technology(IT) and the use o IT or managerial and organizational purposes. The research examines morethan just the technological system or just the social system; it investigates the phenomenathat emerge when the two interact. Examples include human-computer interaction, useracceptance o IT innovations, IT strategy, electronic communities, e-government, e-commerce,and telecommunications policy. The methodologies employed are surveys, experiments, andield studies. PhD students will need to take courses in psychology, organizational behavior,survey design, experimental design, multivariate statistics, etc. Prospective students with excellentanalytical ability and good prociency in English are preerred.

Analyt ical and Empirical Modeling: Economics has contributed to the theoret ical richness andmethodological rigor o IS research. Examples include inormation economics, the economics o electronic commerce, economic models or the impact o IT on organizations and markets, and

supply and demand o IT. This interdisciplinary collaboration will help resolve many dicult IS issues. The research methodologies are analytical and empirical modeling. PhD students interested in thearea need to take courses in game theory, industrial organization, price theory, econometrics, etc.Prospective students with a strong quantitative academic background are preerred.

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James Y L THONGProessor and Deputy HeadPhD, National University o SingaporeUser acceptance o IT innovations;human-computer interaction;e-government; computer ethics.

Kar Yan TAMChair Proessor, Dean o UndergraduateEducation, Director, International andMainland Students and Programs Oce,

and Director, Center or ElectronicCommerce,PhD, Purdue UniversityElectronic commerce; user interacedesign; technology adoption.

Theodore H K CLARK Associate ProessorDBA, Harvard Graduate School o Business AdministrationIT strategy; inter-organizational systems;process re-design; electronic commerce.

Kai Lung HUI

Associate ProessorPhD, Hong Kong University o Scienceand TechnologyInormation privacy, social interaction,technology timing and pricing.

Yan XU Associate ProessorPhD, Strathclyde University Telecommunications regulation policy andmanagement; technology and innovationmanagement; management inormationsystems.

Jeevan JAISINGH Assistant ProessorPhD Program Coordinator, InormationSystemsPhD, Purdue UniversityEconomics o inormation systems;inormation privacy; inormation security;piracy and open source sotware.

Jae Yun MOON Assistant Proessor

PhD, New York University Voluntary electronic communities;collective action and collaborationover the Net; open source sotwaredevelopment; human computerinteraction issues in user/customeradoption o computer-mediatedenvironments; computer-aided textanalysis; open access.

Raymond G SIN Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Southern CaliorniaEconomics o inormation systems;

personalization and privacy; pricing andcompetition in electronic markets.

Sean Xin XU Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, IrvineCorporate governance and technologyinvestment; interorganizational systemsuse in supply chain management;innovation adoption and diusion.

Seunghee YU Assistant ProessorPhD, Carnegie Mellon UniversityIT adoption and assimilation; IT perormance and business value o IT; IT and business transormation.

Michael X ZHANG Assistant ProessorPhD, Massachusetts Institute o Technology

Pricing o inormation goods; onlineadvertising; online reputation systems.

James KWOK Visiting Associate ProessorMultimedia database managementsystems; digital watermarking; digitalrights management; copyright andintellectual property protection; peer-to-peer (P2P) technology; knowledgemanagement.


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HKUST Operations Management/Statistics

Operations Management is a division o the Department o Inormation Systems, Business Statisticsand Operations Management. The department was ranked 12th worldwide by INFORMS inresearch productivity based on publications in Inormation Systems and Operations Management journals. The division includes two research areas: Operations Management and Statistics.

The PhD program in Operat ions Management emphasizes model-based methodology andpractice-motivated research. The program trains students to use quantitative tools and analyticalrameworks rom operations research, economics, and other disciplines to study managerialproblems in business processes, such as supply chains, manuacturing, and service systems.

Faculty members in this area have PhD degrees rom top universities such as Carnegie Mellon,

Columbia, MIT, Stanord and UBC. They are requent contributors to top academic journals, such asOperations Research, Management Science, Manuacturing and Service Operations Management,and IIE Transactions. Several o them have served or are currently serving on the editorial boards o these journals.

The research oci o the Operations Management area are supply chain contracting, inormationsharing in supply chains, supply chain coordination, interace o marketing and supply chainmanagement, production and inventory management, incentives in operations, and qualitymanagement.

The PhD program in Stati st ics emphasizes both the theoretica l development o stati st ica lmethodologies and applications to the real business world. The program trains students to havea solid theoretical oundation and statistical expertise in applications to various areas like nance,economics and marketing, and statistical consulting.

Faculty members in this area have PhD degrees rom top universities such as Stanord and UCBerkeley. Their works appear in top journals like Annals o Statistics, Journal o the AmericanStatistical Association and Biometrika. The research oci o the Statistics area are Bayesianstatistics, missing data problems, cluster analysis, semiparameteric models, data mining, sequentialanalysis, stochastic control, nancial time series modeling, statistical methods or risk managementand nonlinear time series.

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Albert HA Proessor and Department HeadPhD, Stanord UniversityStochastic models or production andinventory control; incentives in operations;contracting and inormation sharing insupply chains; supply chain competition.

Albert LOChair ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, Berkeley

Bayesian Statistics; random partitionsand model-based clustering; mixturemodels and missing data problems;Monte Carlo methods and graphicalmodels; resampling and bootstrapmethods; random measures and pointprocesses

Inchi HUProessorDirector, PhD ProgramsPhD, Stanord University Adaptive control; machine learning;sequential analysis.

Shaohui ZHENGProessorDirector, Center or Marketing and SupplyChain ManagementPhD, Columbia UniversitySupply chain management; interace o marketing and supply chain; productionand quality control.

Lancelot JAMESProessorPhD, The State University o New York atBualoBayesian statistics; Bayesian Poissoncalculus; nancial econometrics;semiparametric models; survivalanalysis; resampling methods; sequentialimportance sampling and MCMCmethods; random measures.

Ki Ling CHEUNG Associate ProessorPhD, Stanord University Total quality management; supply chainmanagement; production and operationsmanagement.

Qing LI Associate ProessorPhD, University o British ColumbiaSupply chain management; revenue

management; coordination o replenishment and pricing decisions;multi-item or multi-location inventorysystems.

Shu Ming NG Associate ProessorPhD, Carnegie Mellon University.Supply Chain management; systemoptimization; modeling and improvemento manuacturing and service systems.

Mike Ka Pui SO Associate Proessor

PhD, The University o Hong KongNonlinear time series analysis; nancialtime series modeling; market volatilitystudy; modeling the dynamic structure o economic data; risk management.

Hongtao ZHANG Associate ProessorPhD, Massachusetts Institute o TechnologyInormation sharing in supply chains;supply chain contracting andcoordination; experimental businessresearch; queues; coordination o globaloperations.

Xuhu WAN Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Southern CaliorniaDynamic contract theory; nancialengineering and risk management.

Ronald LAU Visiting Associate ProessorPhD, University o AlabamaOperations management; enterpriseresource planning; SAP sotware

applications; supply chain management;quality management.

Stephen SHUM Assistant ProessorPhD, Massachusetts Institute o TechnologySupply chain management; revenuemanagement; contracting and operationsincentives; customer behavior inoperations management; marketing-operations interace


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HKUST Management of Organizations

The mission o the department is to be a leading intellectual center or management andorganization research in the Asia-Pacic region. To this end it continues to recruit and retain thebrightest minds rom around the world. It provides its students with the necessary training andpreparation or them to become responsible and responsive proessionals. It also works withlocal business leaders to identiy and address pressing management problems through research,consultation and involvement in community activities.

Recognizing its unique position in the region where the notion o East meets West is epitomized,the department adopts a two-pronged strategy to develop global business knowledge and alsoaccentuate its edge in building local expertise. First, the department encourages and supports itsaculty to pursue their diverse research interests. Second, the department also makes concerted

eorts to develop its strength in research on management and organization in the Chinese context.

The department’s aculty members are renowned or high-quality, cutting-edge research, and havepublished their work in the best management journals, such as the Academy o ManagementJournal (AMJ), the Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ), the Academy o Management Review(AMR), the Journal o Applied Psychology (JAP), Organization Science (OS), and the StrategicManagement Journal (SMJ).

The goal o the department’s PhD program is to develop outstanding scholars who are able tobecome major contributors to the rontiers o management knowledge by publishing their work inthe best management journals and who are able to teach in major research universities in Asia andaround the world.

Our program provides solid training in the theory and methods o various elds o management

such as human resource management and strategic management. Apart rom rigorous coursework, students gain hands-on experience in the research process through working with acultymembers on research projects rom the early stages o their study. Thus, the program oersstudents a highly stimulating learning environment and enables them to cultivate rst-tier researchskills to pursue academic excellence.

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Jiatao LIProessor and Department HeadPhD, University o TexasMultinational corporate strategy,international corporate governance, andtop management teams in international joint venture.

Jiing-Lih FARHChair ProessorPhD, Indiana University

Guanxi and managerial networking,paternalistic leadership, organizational justice, organizational citizenshipbehavior, and values and business ethicsin Chinese societies.

Prithviraj CHATTOPADHYAY Associate ProessorPhD, University o Texas, AustinRelational demography, managerialcognition and emotions, and employmentexternalization.

Elizabeth GEORGE

Associate ProessorPhD, University o Texas, AustinConsequences o employmentexternalization, diversity in organizations,and individual role in institutional change.

Ya-Ping GONG Associate ProessorPhD, Ohio State UniversitySubsidiary stang in multinationalrms, multinational groups, humanresource management systems and rmperormance, international adjustmentissues.

Riki TAKEUCHI Associate ProessorPhD, University o Maryland, College Park International organizational behavior,human resource management, strategichuman resource management and socialexchange perspectives.

Ellick K F WONG Associate Proessor, PhD Program Co-ordinator

PhD, The Chinese University o HongKongManagerial decision-making, human judgement and decision processes,language processing, and humanattention.

Jinyu HE Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignCompetitive dynamics, coopetition,strategic actor markets, and corporategovernance.

Zhi HUANG Assistant ProessorPhD, Boston CollegeOrganizational theory, organizationalsociology, status and relational network structures, and organizational behaviorsand outcomes.

Jeroen G KUILMAN Assistant ProessorPhD, Erasmus University, ManagementOrganizational sociology, internationalstrategy/management, organizationaltheory, and industrial dynamics.

Emily M NASON Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, Los AngelesOrganizational justice, negotiations andconfict management, behavioral decisionmaking, and cross-cultural humanresource and knowledge management.

Bilian Ni SULLIVAN Assistant ProessorPhD, Stanord University

Organizational learning and change,organizational and inter-organizationalnetworks, population learning,international management and decisionmaking.

Heli C WANG Assistant ProessorPhD, Ohio State UniversityCorporate diversication and M&A,internal capital markets, agencytheory and corporate governance, risk management, and stakeholder theory.


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HKUST Marketing

The Marketing Department continuously strives to achieve excellence in research. The acultymembers are renowned or high-quality, cutting-edge research, publishing their work in thetop international marketing journals, such as Journal o Marketing Research (JMR), Journal o Consumer Research (JCR) and Marketing Science (MS). The Marketing aculty holds joint eight rank (with Stanord) in the world in terms o the number o articles published in JMR and JCR in 2001-2008 (ahead o Berkeley, UCLA, Minnesota, Yale, and Cornell).

The goal o the PhD program is to develop outstanding scholars who are able to secure academic jobs at top international universities and to become rst-rate contributors to marketing knowledge.

Our program provides solid training in the theory and methods o various subelds o marketing

such as consumer behavior and marketing models. Apart rom gaining in-depth knowledge,students gain hands-on experience in the research process rom the very early stages o theprogram.

The acul ty is highly committed to the PhD program. State-o-the art courses are oered onthemes such as inormation processing, behavioral game theory, experimental designs, judgmentand decision making, choice modeling, and analytical marketing science. These courses and theresearch training are very demanding but at the same time highly rewarding.

A well-equipped behavioral lab and many opportunities or research collaboration with the acultycontribute to the learning experience. In addition, students beneit rom two research centershoused in the Marketing Department – the Center or Experimental Business Research and theCenter or Marketing and Distribution. Some o our students have published papers in top research journals. The program oers students a very good intellectual environment and enables them to

become outstanding researchers. One recent graduate was selected or the Marketing ScienceInstitute’s Young Scholar Program, one o the highest accolades a young researcher in the eld canreceive.

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Gerald GornChair ProessorPhD, Pennsylvania State UniversityEects o advertising;cross culturalconsumer behavior; social marketing. Wilried VanhonackerChair ProessorPhD, PurdueDynamic choice modeling; choice setormation modeling; cross cultural

marketing issues with special ocus onthe PRC.

Rami Zwick Chair ProessorPhd, University o North CarolinaConsumer behavior; experimental andbehavioral economics; negotiationsand auctions, neuroeconomics andneuromarketing.

Jaideep SENGUPTA ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, Los Angeles

Consumer inormation processing;persuasion and attitude strength; eectso marketing communications.

Rashmi ADAVAL Associate ProessorPhD, University o Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignRoles o aect in consumer inormationprocessing; eects o visual and verbalinormation on memory and judgement;context eects on judgement andbehavior.

Kristiaan HELSEN Associate ProessorPhD, Wharton School, University o PennsylvaniaCompetitive marketing; hazard ratemodeling; international marketing; newproducts modeling; product harm crises;empirical modeling.

A V MUTHUKRISHNAN Associate Proessor

PhD, University o FloridaConsumer and managerial judgementand decision making.

Inseong SONG Associate ProessorPhD, University o ChicagoDynamics o the demand or newproducts; measuring and exploitingconsumer heterogeneity; understandingconsumer choice behaviors and rms’strategic and competitive behaviors.

Rongrong ZHOU

Associate ProessorPhD, Columbia UniversityConsumer judgement decision making;motivational infuences in consumerbehavior; customer experiences inservices; the role o visual processing indecision-making.

Maria GALLI Assistant ProessorPhD, INSEAD Associative learning; attitude ormationand change; attitude-behaviorrelationship; automaticity.

Liang GUO Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, BerkeleyMarketing strategy; inormation andcontract; economics o social culture;structural modeling o choice behaviorand market structure.

Anirban MUKHOPADHYAY Assistant ProessorPhD, Columbia University

Consumer decision processes andtheir marketing implications; sel-control and intertemporal goal-directedbehavior; agents, recommendations,and preerences; eects o consumers’implicit theories.

Yi XIANG Assistant ProessorPhD, INSEADMedia strategy; marketing strategy;market evolution; business-to-businessmarketing; marketing channels;inormation economics.

Ying ZHAO Assistant ProessorPhD, University o Caliornia, BerkeleyEmpirical modeling o competitivestrategies; pricing; consumer choicedynamics.

Robert S WYER Visiting ProessorInormation processing; representationo narrative inormation in memory andits use in judgement; priming eectson comprehension, judgement anddecisions; memory processes; aect andcognition.


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PhD in AccountingGraduate 2005Tianyu ZhangAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Accountancy

City University of Hong Kong

The PhD program at HKUST provided with not only proessional training

but also inspiration or high-quality academic research. The aculty there are

themselves role models to me in my career. I am always proud as a graduate

o HKUST.

PhD in EconomicsStudent 2008 Jin Zhang

All the advanced courses and thought-provoking Economics seminars

denitely strengthened my academic background in economics and

enhanced my analytical capabilities. The proessors are always nice,

generous and warm. They provide a lot o support to the PhD students.

PhD in FinanceGraduate 2007Yuanto KusnadiAssistant ProfessorDepartment of AccountancyCity University of Hong Kong

The research environment at HKUST Business School is excellent! PhD

students have the chance to attend seminars by some o the top proessors

all around the world, with a possibility o collaborating with them in the uture.

The training we have received in the program also matches that o the top US

schools and this is refected in the top-tier publications PhD graduates rom

HKUST produce in recent years. The solid-bond that we oster as colleagues

throughout our PhD years will also be something that I will always cherish

and ondly remember!

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PhD in Information SystemsGraduate 2004Susanna HoSenior Lecturer

Department of Accounting & Business Information SystemsThe University of Melbourne, Australia

The guidance and support o the proessors in the Department have

vastly improved the relevance, rigor and potential contribution o my

dissertation and my research skills. The Department equipped me well or

getting a promising academic position.

PhD in StatisticsStudent 2008

Kris Pan

The department exposed me to the rontiers o statistics research and

equipped me with not only knowledge in Statistics but also the ramework

and research techniques, which will remain a valuable asset to me or a long

time. My greatest thanks to the proessors in HKUST, they are always nice,

warm and generous. I also enjoyed the lie experience here, including the

beautiul scene and convenience sports acilitates. All in all, I am proud as a

postgraduate in HKUST.

PhD in Management of OrganizationsGraduate 2002Hui WangAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Human Resources and Organizational BehaviorPeking University, China

It was a great honor to have the opportunity to study at HKUST. The

academic acilities and culture there really helped me develop my academic

career. The top level training provided by many internationally renowned

proessors inspired me to ollow their paths to pursue academic excellence.

PhD in MarketingGraduate 2008Iris Hung

I eel proud o mysel to be a graduate o the Marketing PhD program

o HKUST! I enjoyed very much the great learning experience o having

numerous interactions with and continual inspirations by eminent aculty.

I’m grateul or the training on conducting top-quality research, support andencouragement by the department.

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Graduate Placement Prole

Australia The Australian National University•

Grith University•

Monash University•

University o Melbourne•

University o Sydney• James Cook University•

Hong Kong, Macau and TaiwanChao Yang University o Technology•

Chinese University o HK •

City University o HK •

Hong Kong Bapist University•

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University•

Open University o HK •

University o Macau•

Mainland ChinaHuazhong University o Science & Technology•

Peking University•

Renmin University o China•

Shanghai Jiao Tong University•

Shanghai University o Finance & Economics (SUFE)•

The University o Nottingham, Ningbo•

Tsinghua University•

Xiamen University•

Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou•

Zhongshan University•

New ZealandUniversity o Waikato•

SingaporeNanyang Technological University•

National University o Singapore•

Singapore Management University•

UK Lancaster University•

University o Manchester•

USA University o Nevada, Las Vegas•

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Applying to HKUST Business School PhD Program

Admission

Prior Educational Background

Applicants or admission to PhD programs must possess

a good irst degree rom a recognized university or an

approved institution. An applicant’s undergraduate

background is not a precondition or admission. We

encourage students outside business majors, such as

science, engineering, arts and other areas to apply.

The GMAT or the GRE

An appl icant must demonstrate his/her capabili ty or

graduate study by obtaining a satisactory score on the

Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the

Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or other equivalent

means. The test score is not the primary deciding actor

or admission to doctoral studies. However, applicants

with a GMAT score below 600 must have a strong

academic record and/or extensive experience in their

chosen eld to demonstrate their potential. Registration

orms or the test may be obtained by writing to/calling:

Graduate Management Admission Council1600 Tysons Blvd., Ste. 1400

McLean, VA 22102

USA

Tel: (703) 749-0131

Fax: (703) 749-0169

E-mail: [email protected]

URL : http://www.gmat.org

GRE

Educational Testing Service

P.O. Box 6000

Princeton, NJ 08541-6000

USA

Tel: (609) 771-7670

Fax: (609) 771-7906

Email: [email protected]

URL: www.gre.org

The Application Date

Admission to the PhD program occurs at the beginningo the all semester. The Admissions Committee begins

to review applications in the previous January. Applicants

are urged to submit all application materials (including

copies o GMAT and TOEFL scores) by early February.

Applications submitted ater this date will be considered

only i spaces are available. As not every department will

consider admission to the PhD program or each year,

applicants should check with individual departments

beore they apply. Applicants will be notiied o the

decisions no later than May.

TOEFL

For applicants who attended educational institutions where the

language o instruction was not English and whose rst language

is not English, a satisactory score on the Test o English as a

Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required.

Tuition and Other Fees

A non-reundable application ee o HK$150 (or an

amount equivalent to US$20.00) is charged or eachapplication or admission to the University, payable at the

time the application orm is submitted.

The tuition ee or ull-time PhD students or the academic

year 2008-2009 is HK$42,100 (US$5,400)* per annum.

The ee may be paid in ull at the beginning o the

academic year, at program registration time or in two

equal installments.

The tuition ee is subject to an annual review by the Hong

Kong SAR Government. There are likely to be small

increases in the next two years.

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Financial Assistance

Postgraduate awards in the orm o studentships

(HK$130,000 per annum in 2008-09) are allocated

to qualiied ull-time PhD students o the University to

provide them with nancial assistance during the course

o their study. Awards are based on academic merit and

the suitability o the applicant or the proposed program

o study, as is the selection o applicants or admission

to postgraduate studies. Recipients o studentships are

required to engage in ancillary teaching and/or research

duties in the department, which supplement their ormal

degree programs. The nature o these assignments may

change rom time to time according to need. Non-local

students should note that they are not allowed to work in

Hong Kong.

Housing

Postgraduate students are housed in two types o on-

campus postgraduate halls o residence. The residential

hall is or single occupancy, the rental is aroundHK$1,700 (US$220) per month. Each sel catering lat

has our single rooms, a kitchen, bathroom acilities, and

a sitting room. Monthly rental or a single room is around

HK$3,000 (US$390).

There is no on-campus accommodat ion or married

couples, with or without children. The Student Aairs

Oce o the University is responsible or matters related

to student housing. It provides services, on a limited

scale, to assist students in nding o-campus housing.

Further Information

For details on the University acilities, on-campus

accommodation, and other aspects o campus lie,

please reer to the University Handbook or Prospective

Postgraduate students.

The Handbook and application orms are available rom

the Admissions, Registration and Records Oce at the

ollowing address:

Admissions, Registration and Records Oce

Hong Kong University o Science and Technology

Clear Water Bay

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Telephone No.: (852) 2358 6646

Facsimile No.: (852) 2358 2463

Email : [email protected]

URL : http://www.ab.ust.hk/arr

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