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| (From left) Ir Professor T.C. Edwin Cheng, Professor Michael Harris Bond, Professor Eric W.T. Ngai, Professor Kee-hung (Mike) Lai, Professor James Ohlson, Professor Shuaian (Hans) Wang, Professor Chin-Shan Lu, Professor Chung-Lun Li and Professor Andy C.L. Yeung |
Ten members of PolyU’s Faculty of Business are ranked among the world’s top 2% of scientists in their main disciplines, based on career-long citation impact (Baas et al., 2021). Nine of them are current faculty members in the School of Accounting and Finance (AF), the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS), or the Department of Management and Marketing (MM). This study tracked seven million scientists worldwide and identified approximately 186,000 scientists who are in this illustrious top 2%, 195 of whom are PolyU academics.
The database contains the career-long citation dataset up to 2020, based on a 1 August 2021 snapshot from Scopus.
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| * Rankings are based on a composite score with self-citations excluded. The numbers in brackets represent the rankings of staff among the 195 PolyU scientists listed in the study. # Former faculty member. |
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.
The Times 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
Source of image: Communications and Public Affairs Office at PolyU
The rankings cover three areas: Business and Management, Accounting and Finance, and Economics and Econometrics. They use 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.
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The Faculty is the Asia Pacific region winner of the 2021 WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award, which was presented at the AACSB Asia Pacific Annual Conference on 17 November 2021. The Faculty is the first business school in Hong Kong to receive this award. The award recognizes emerging business schools in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions that demonstrate innovation and research excellence. It is also aimed at elevating the visibility of impact-focused research and the institutions that conduct such research. “As a key source of knowledge, research underpins our innovation-driven education and expert consultancy”, said Faculty Dean Professor Edwin Cheng. “PolyU Business School is delighted to receive this year’s Innovation Award and is grateful to WRDS and SSRN for their recognition. Through our various research and specialist centres for Belt and Road development, branding and marketing, fintech, leadership and innovation, maritime studies, shipping and logistics, sustainability, and entrepreneurial finance, we are open to numerous opportunities for collaboration that advance research and scholarship”. Robert Zarazowski, Managing Director of WRDS, was delighted to present the Award to PolyU and its Business School for their commitment to innovative research and business education advancement. Gregory Gordon, Managing Director of SSRN, highlighted the important research undertaken by universities including PolyU. He commended PolyU Business School for its research achievements in various areas that benefit the world. |
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The Faculty was named the Best Logistics Educational Course Provider at the 2021 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards presentation ceremony on 21 October 2021.
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| Faculty Dean Professor Edwin Cheng (left) at the AFLAS Awards presentation ceremony Photo courtesy of Asia Cargo News |
The AFLAS Awards, hosted by Asia Cargo News, honour leading service providers, such as air and shipping lines, and airports and seaports, in addition to logistics (including third-party logistics) and other associated industry professionals, for their leadership, consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship management, and reliability.
Professor Haitian Lu, a member of the School of Accounting and Finance, was a recipient of a 2020 Ten Outstanding New Hong Kong Young Persons Award. He was presented with the award in October 2021.
The awards recognize newcomers for their achievements in the areas of finance, real estate, construction, engineering, healthcare, culture, arts, and social services, and their contributions to Hong Kong. The selection was made last year and the presentation was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professor Lu is also Director of the Mainland Development Office of PolyU.
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| Professor Haitian Lu (centre) |
