PolyU 85th Anniversary Public Webinar by Prof. Ayelet Fishbach – “Lessons from the Science of Motivation”

MM will hold a PolyU 85th Anniversary Public Webinar on the topic "Lessons from the Science of Motivation" on 19 September 2022. Abstract: Motivating ourselves and others is challenging during these uncertain times. Ayelet Fishbach, the past president of the Society for the Science of Motivation, will discuss what motivation science has taught us about how to achieve our goals. She’ll discuss some of the interventions that facilitate behavioral change, including setting a goal, monitoring progress toward a goal, addressing multiple goals and leveraging social support.   More Details

Research Programmes Admission 2023-24

The Research Programmes Admission 2023/24 is now open until 1 December 2022, please check more details here

PolyU-CLI Knowledge Transfer Webinar by Ms Fanny Lau

PolyU-CLI Knowledge Transfer Webinar by Ms Fanny Lau   You are invited to attend the PolyU-CLI Knowledge Transfer Webinar on “Innovation, Creativity and Change Online Forum - Exploring Innovation, Creativity and Change Practices and Insights” presented by Ms Fanny Lau, Head of Learning & Development, New World Development on 5 Aug 2022. Date*    : 5 Aug 2022 (Friday) Time*   : 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (Webinar) *Hong Kong Time Venue   : Online via Zoom Language: English Please refer to the flyer for details. This webinar is for internal MM members only. To register, please click the registration link and input your information on and before 3 Aug 2022 (Wed).

World’s Top 2% Scientists by Citation

Prof. Michael Harris BOND and Prof. Wai Ting Eric NGAI rank among the world’s top 2% of scientists in their main disciplines for career-long citation impact (Baas et al., 2021). 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. Rank in PolyU  Name   Science-metrix Category Total Citations (Career-Long)   10  Prof. Michael Harris BOND  Social Psychology  16,261  12  Prof. Wai Ting Eric NGAI Information Systems   13,707   Dr Chi Hong Simon CHAN ranks among the world’s top 2% of scientists in his main discipline for single year impact (Baas et al., 2021). The study has identified about 190,000 top 2% of scientists, among whom 244 are PolyU academics.  Rank in PolyU Name  Science-metrix Category   Total Citations (2020 Single Year)  140  Dr Chi Hong Simon CHAN  Business & Management  241   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.

Public Webinar by Prof. Sea-Jin Chang – “Intra-firm Redeployment of Inventors”

MM will hold a Public Webinar on the topic “Intra-firm Redeployment of Inventors” on 17 June 2022. Abstract: Resource redeployment is the main source of creating competitive and corporate advantages in multibusiness firms. The literature to date is somewhat limited in not directly measuring resources and their actual movement within firms. This study overcomes this limitation by focusing on intra-firm movement of scientific and engineering human resources, i.e., inventors, over time. With patent application data of global semiconductor firms during 2001-2018, we examine which characteristics of inventors and firms prompt or constrain redeployment of inventors, and from where to where they are redeployed. We find evidence that inventor redeployment is driven by less favorable market conditions where technologies from the current invention activities can be potentially used., Further, inventors whose technologies are more fungible and who are less constrained by current intra-firm inventor network and thereby more decomposable and incur less adjustment and coordination costs are more likely to be redeployed.   More Details

PolyU-CLI Knowledge Transfer Webinar by Mr Jung Ho Rhee

PolyU-CLI Knowledge Transfer Webinar by Mr Jung Ho Rhee   You are invited to attend the PolyU-CLI Knowledge Transfer Webinar on “Permanent Innovator: A case of an Asia home-grown financial company developing a global business” presented by Mr Jung Ho Rhee, President & Chief Executive Officer of Mirae Asset Global Investments (Hong Kong) Limited on 25 Jun 2022. Date*    : 25 Jun 2022 (Saturday) Time*   : 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm (Webinar)              : 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Q&A session) *Hong Kong Time Venue   : Online via Zoom Language: English Join Zoom Meeting https://polyu.zoom.us/j/95115511727?pwd=dzJ3N0pQaW5YKy9xa3BSSVM4ZHNhdz09 Meeting ID: 951 1551 1727 Passcode: 321322 Please refer to the flyer for details. To register, please click the registration link and input your information on and before 17 Jun 2022 (Fri). You are welcome to disseminate the information to colleagues and friends who might be interested.

Public Webinar by Prof. Mengze Shi – “Paying Consumers for Attention”

MM will hold a Public Webinar on the topic “Paying Consumers for Attention” on 10 June 2022. Abstract: Paying-consumers-for-attention through a decentralized system is intended to deal with the (low) attention quagmire of the current digital advertising system. This paper provides an analytical study of the performance of such a decentralized advertising system which lets consumers choose ad volume and pays consumers for their attention using a cryptocurrency (attention token). Our analysis shows that attention compensation, by reducing consumer’s net attention cost, can motivate high consumer attention and improve the efficiency of ad volume. Moreover, the equilibrium net attention cost decreases with the advertiser’s benefit from matching the products with consumer needs. Thus, paying-consumers-for-attention can better align the interests of consumers and the platform. Our analysis also shows that the net attention cost decreases with consumer’s matching value in a decentralized system, but the result is opposite in a centralized system. Thus, the decentralized system is customer-centric by allowing consumers (not the platform) to reap their attention benefits. Finally, when the attention monitoring technology is imperfect, the performance of the decentralized system is more robust to the noise in monitoring low attention. Overall, our analysis indicates that the emerging decentralized attention compensation systems can be effective in improving the prevalent platform-based digital ad system.   More Details

Top Psychology Scientist in China

Top Psychology Scientist in China   Professor Michael Bond, Visiting Chair Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing, was recently recognised as the top-ranked Psychology scientist in China by Research.com, a major research website. Professor Bond’s first place ranking was based on his track record of 276 published articles, which had received over 47,000 citations at the time the data was compared in December 2021. His h-index score of 95 was the highest among Psychology scholars based in China. Research.com examined over 12,500 research profiles in the discipline of Psychology. In addition to Professor Bond’s number one ranking in China, he was also ranked 413th worldwide. This comfortably places him in the top 5% of researchers in his field. Research.com provides a reliable list of leading scientists in a range of fields. Its rankings are based on a meticulous examination of data available on Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Graph.   Reference: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/psychology/cn  

Public Webinar by Prof. Jan Recker – “From Lock-in to Transformation: How Emerging Technology changes Organizing”

MM will hold a Public Webinar on the topic “From Lock-in to Transformation: How Emerging Technology changes Organizing” on 29 April 2022. Abstract: How do digital technology change the way organizations works? I will draw on ideas from biology, sociology, and general systems theory to articulate a morphogenetic perspective on emerging technology and organizing. This perspective reflects a move from a device-centric or an actor-centric understanding of technology to a path-centric understanding of the patterns of actions afforded by technology-in-use. I will show how performing and patterning of organizing can lead to a wide range of trajectories, from lock-in to transformation, depending on how emerging technology-in-use influences the trajectory. When emerging technologies afford many new actions that can be flexibly recombined, decisive transformative effects are more likely.   More Details  

Top 50 Most Productive Marketing Scholars

Prof. Yuwei Jiang recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Productive Marketing Scholars in the World   Prof. Yuwei Jiang has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Productive Marketing Scholars in the World (based on the number of publications in 2012-2021 on the four premier marketing journals: Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research and Marketing Science), calculated by the American Marketing Association.   AMA DocSIG Research Productivity Report: https://www.ama.org/research-productivity-report/?msclkid=07e17ab8b97f11ec9acb4324d23aeed8