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e-Bulletin October 2021
Business and Economics at PolyU Ranks 25th in the World and First in Hong KongTimes Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022 by subject: Business and Economics show that PolyU ranks 25th in the world and first in Hong Kong. |
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The rankings cover the three areas of Business and management, Accounting and finance, and Economics and econometrics. They employ 13 performance indicators under the five categories of Teaching: the learning environment; Research: volume, income and reputation; Citations: research influence; International outlook: staff, students and research; and Industry income: innovation. |
Faculty Members Rank among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by CitationTen members of PolyU’s Faculty of Business (FB) are among the world’s top 2% of scientists in their main disciplines for career-long citation impact (Baas et al., 2021). Nine of them are current faculty members in the School of Accounting and Finance (AF), Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS), and Department of Management and Marketing (MM). Tracking seven million scientists worldwide, the study has identified about 186,000 top 2% of scientists, among whom 195 are PolyU academics. The database contains the career-long data updated to citation year 2020. The latest dataset is based on the 1 August 2021 snapshot from Scopus. |
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Baas, J., Boyack, K.W. and Ioannidis, J.P.A. (2021) August 2021 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”. Mendeley Data. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.3. |
Faculty Dean Professor Edwin Cheng (left) at the AFLAS awards presentation Photo courtesy of Asia Cargo News |
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The Faculty of Business is Named Best Logistics Educational Course ProviderThe Faculty received the recognition of the Best Logistics Educational Course Provider at the 2021 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards presentation on 21 October 2021. AFLAS awards, hosted by Asia Cargo News, honour leading service providers such as air and shipping lines, airports and seaports as well as logistics, including third-party logistics, and other associated industry professionals for their leadership, consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship management, and reliability. |
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Dr Hazel Lee Delivers Consultancy Research SessionDr Hazel Lee, in the Department of Management and Marketing, delivered a knowledge transfer session on consultancy research on 22 October 2021. The online session, designed for Standard Chartered Bank's People Capability team in the Asia Pacific region, was well received by participants, mainly in Singapore and Dubai, with a variety of backgrounds. |
Research Insights
Dr Dai Yao |
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Taxi Drivers' Response to Cancellations and No-shows: New Evidence for Reference-dependent Preferences
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