Research Seminar by Dr Matthew OSBORNE

Date: 14 November 2018 (Wed) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Dr Matthew Osborne is an Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Marketing Area at Rotman. His research interests include the development of modelling techniques to help understand consumer choices and firm behaviour. His research has focused on areas such as consumer choice of wireless carriers, consumer learning about new products, and how firms price in markets where transport costs are important. His research papers have been published in journals such as The American Economic Review, Economics Letters, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, and the RAND Journal of Economics.

Research Seminar by Prof. Michael Harris BOND

18 October 2018 (Thu) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Prof. Michael Harris Bond is the Visiting Chair Professor in OB and HRM teaching Cross-cultural Management for the Department of Management and Marketing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. An Anglo-Canadian by birth, he has worked extensively in the United States of America where he received a Ph.D. in social-personality psychology from Stanford University in 1970, in Japan where he was a Research Associate at Kwansei Gakuin University for three years, and in Hong Kong teaching psychology for the last 44 years. He is fascinated by culture and has written extensively in academic journals and edited collections, edited numerous books on Chinese psychology, including The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology (2010), and written on cultural differences in behavior, most recently as co-author of Understanding Social Psychology across Cultures (Sage, 2013). His present interest is in how to teach more effectively across cultural fault-lines and to conduct research on how employed persons derive satisfaction from their lives.d.

Research Seminar by Prof. J. Leon ZHAO

18 September 2018 (Tue) Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Prof. J. Leon Zhao is Chair Professor and former Head (2009-2015) of the Department of Information Systems at City University of Hong Kong. He was Interim Head and Eller Professor in MIS, University of Arizona and taught previously at HKUST and College of William and Mary, respectively. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, M.S. degree from UC Davis, and B.S. degree from Beijing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization. His research is on information technology and management, with a particular focus on workflow technology and applications in knowledge distribution, e-learning, supply chain management, organizational performance management, and services computing. Leon's research has been supported by NSF, SAP, and other sponsors. Leon has been associate editor of ACM Transactions on MIS, Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, Decision Support Systems, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, International Journal of Web and Grid Services, and International Journal of Web Services Research and is on the editorial board of Journal of Database Management. He has co-edited over ten special issues in various IS journals. Leon has been a chair or program chair for numerous conferences including the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Service Economics, the 2011 CIO Symposium, International Conference on Information Systems, the 2010 International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, the 2008 IEEE Symposium on Advanced Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises (AMIGE'08), the 2008 Arizona Exposium on Frontiers of Information Technology and Applications (FITA'08), the 2007 China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM'07), the 2006 IEEE Conference on Services Computing (SCC'06), the 2005 Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS'05), and the 2003 Workshop on E-Business (WEB'03) among others. He received an IBM Faculty Award in 2005 for his work in business process management and services computing. He received IBM Faculty Award in 2005 and National "Chang Jiang Scholars" Chair Professorship at Tsinghua University in 2009.

Research Seminar by Dr Juliana FERNANDES

Date: 11 September 2018 (Tue) Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Dr Juliana Fernandes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategic Communication, holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communication and a Master of Arts in Political Communication from the University of Florida. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos in Brazil. Her research has been published in the Journal of Advertising, International Journal of Advertising, Journal of Current Issues in Advertising, Mass Communication & Society, Journal of Public Relations Research, Journalism, American Behavioral Scientist, American Journal of Media Psychology, and in several book chapters in edited collections. Her work has also been competitively selected for presentation at the AEJMC, the American Academy of Advertising, the Broadcast Education Association, and the American Political Science Association conferences. Her research interests focus on two areas: (1) uses and effects of negative information in persuasive communication messages and (2) how social and traditional media are used as a strategic tool during political campaigns.

Research Seminar by Prof. Thomas KRAMER

Date: 7 September 2018 (Fri) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Dr Thomas Kramer received his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University and his MBA and Bachelor's degrees from Baruch College, CUNY. Prior to joining UCR in 2015, he was a faculty member at Baruch College from 2003 to 2010, and at the University of South Carolina from 2010 to 2015. His research interests focus on examining factors that influence preference construction and subsequent decision-making, including extraordinary consumer beliefs (such as superstitious, magical, fateful, or karmic beliefs), biases, and heuristics. His research has appeared in top marketing and decision-making journals, including the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He is currently an Associate Editor at both the Journal of Consumer Research and at the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and has served on the editorial review boards for both. He is also serving as Issue Co-Editor for the Journal of the Association of Consumer Research issue on "The Science of Extraordinary Beliefs." He has taught undergraduate, MBA, PhD, and executive-level courses in Marketing Management, Marketing Research, Consumer Behavior, and Global Marketing.

Ms Annie Au Wing-chi, winner of PolyU Faculty of Business Outstanding Young Alumni Award and MGT alumni, won the Gold Medal with her teammates in Women’s Squash team Event, Asian Games 2018, Jakarta Palembang

Public Lecture by Prof. Hsing Kenneth CHENG – “The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective”

MM held a Public Lecture on the topic “The Debate on Net Neutrality: A Policy Perspective” presented by Prof. Hsing Kenneth Cheng, John B. Higdon Eminent Scholar Chair, Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida on 28 August 2018 in M1603, Li Ka Shing Tower. Abstract: Net neutrality, defined as prohibiting broadband service providers from charging websites for preferential access to their customers, has been under fierce debate. President Trump's recent move to abolish net neutrality raises the debate and political wrestling to a new high. In this lecture, I will provide an overview of historical background and how the debate on net neutrality has evolved since 2006, and offer the key findings from a series of my research in this hot topic.     MORE DETAILS

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Cocktail Reception 2018

MM held a Cocktail Reception in the Academy of Management Annual Meeting on 11 August 2018 in Sheraton Grand Chicago, Chicago, US.   MORE DETAILS

BBA Marketing student, JC CHAN Wing Tung participated in “SING! CHINA” (中國好聲音)

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Taught Postgraduate Admission for 2019/2020

Master of Science in Human Resource Management   Entrance Requirements A Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualifications, preferably with at least one year of relevant work experience. Applicants, normally aged 27 or above, with other post-secondary qualifications and at least 6 years of work experience in industry, commerce or public administration, including 3 years in a managerial capacity, will also be considered. If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University's minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the “Admissions Requirements” section at Study@PolyU for details. Suitable candidates may be invited to attend admission interviews.   Admissions Procedures and Fee Please refer to  website for the application details of individual programmes.     Master of Science in Marketing Management Entrance Requirements Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent academic / professional qualifications. There is no restriction on their background -- business, engineering, social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, law and others are all acceptable. Priority will be given to applicants with relevant work experience. If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by an institution where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section at Study@PolyU for details. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to attend admission interviews. Admissions Procedures and Fee Please refer to Study@PolyU website for the application details of individual programmes.     Master of Science in Business Analytics Entrance Requirements Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic / professional qualifications, preferably with at least one year of relevant work experience. Applicants, normally aged 27 or above, with other post-secondary qualifications and at least 6 years of work experience in industry, commerce or public administration, including 3 years in a managerial capacity, will also be considered. If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by an institution where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section at Study@PolyU for details. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to attend admission interviews. Admissions Procedures and Fee Please refer to Study@PolyU website for the application details of individual programmes.       APPLY