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e-Bulletin August 2019
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Faculty Secures HK$13.65m of RGC FundingFor the year 2019-2020, Faculty members as principal investigators, have successfully secured funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong for 25 projects under the GRF (General Research Fund) and four projects under the ECS (Early Career Scheme), totalling over HK$13.65m. The $11,711,492 GRF funding, representing an increase of 23% from the preceding year, was awarded to ten projects of the School of Accounting and Finance (AF), nine projects of the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS), and six projects of the Department of Management and Marketing (MM). The $1,942,700 ECS funding, surging 117%, was awarded to two AF projects and two MM projects. |
PolyU's Subject of Management Maintains Tenth Position in the WorldThe recently released 2019 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects shows that the subject of Management at PolyU is the tenth in the world and the first in Hong Kong, and has maintained both positions for the second year. This ranking takes into account research productivity, research quality, international collaboration, and academic recognition.
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Professor K.C. John Wei |
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Professor John Wei is Associate DeanProfessor K.C. John Wei, Chair Professor of Financial Economics in the School of Accounting and Finance, assumed the role of Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) of the Faculty on 1 July 2019 in succession to Professor Gerald Gorn. Professor Wei graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a PhD in Finance. He has published over 60 articles in leading finance and accounting journals. Prior to joining PolyU, he served at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for 24 years after teaching at the University of Mississippi, the University of Miami, and Indiana University. Professor Wei's consulting, research and teaching interests cover Asset pricing, Behavioural economics, finance, and accounting, Corporate governance and compensation, Cost of equity capital and firm valuation. |
Knowledge Transfer Forum Discusses ESG InvestmentThe Faculty and the Center for Economic Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Finance (CESEF) under its School of Accounting and Finance (AF) co-hosted a knowledge transfer forum on 25 June 2019. |
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Invited speakers at the event, themed "ESG Investment Engagement: The Perspective of Participating CEOs", were Mr Simon Mak, CEO at Friends of the Earth (HK) and Dr Ricky Szeto, Executive Director of Hung Fook Tong Group Holdings Limited. Mr Mak emphasized the importance of adopting ESG (environmental, social and governance) standards and a green finance approach to foster sustainable development. Dr Szeto elaborated on taking corporate social responsibility and creating shared value as part of company strategy. CESEF Director Professor Louis Cheng spoke on the centre's collaboration with Friends of the Earth (HK) and Hung Fook Tong in setting up an ESG Investment Education Pledge with opportunities for AF students to conduct research on the ESG performance of companies. |
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Ms Fan Linying Wins American Marketing Association Rising Star AwardDr Sophie Fan Linying is a new graduate of the Faculty. As a PhD student with the Department of Management and Marketing, she received earlier this year the 2019 AMA CBSIG Rising Star Award. This Award honours a doctoral student scholar who works towards a bright future in consumer behaviour (CB) research. The Doctoral Student Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Marketing Association (AMA) is designed specifically for marketing students. Dr Fan is now Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. |
2019 PhD graduate Fan Linying (left) |
AF Teams Receive Certificate of Merit at Cross-Straits, Hong Kong and Macao Accounting and Business Case CompetitionStudents from the School of Accounting and Finance (AF) formed two teams to join the 2019 Cross-Straits, Hong Kong and Macao Accounting and Business Case Competition. Both of them won a certificate of merit. The first team was made up of students of the Master of Professional Accounting programme. They were Ms Deng Qi, Mr Li Hao, Miss Li Xue, and Miss Xu Yelin. The second team consisted of four BBA students Miss Cui Xinyue, Mr Dai Zhiping, Miss Zhou Yue, and Miss Zhou Zimeng. |
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The Competition, jointly hosted by China Commercial Accounting Institute (CCAI) and the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) Commercial Chamber of Commerce, was held on 1 June 2019. |
Research Insights
Professor Walid Saffar |
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State Ownership and Debt Choice: Evidence from Privatization
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Doing Good, Feeling Good? The Roles of Helping Motivation and Citizenship Pressure
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Dr Katrina Jia Lin |