Ng, Angel Yin-yee(伍燕儀)

Teaching Areas

Business Strategy
Marketing and Consumer Behaviours

Mao, Shuguang(毛曙光)

Biography

Dr Mao was a Managing Director at GF Investments (Hong Kong), working on the Greater Bay Area Private Equity Fund of Fund. He has over twenty years of professional working experience at investment banking and asset management companies. He also worked at Citigroup, Barclays Capital, and Harvest Global Investments.

Dr Mao is very familiar with M&A, hedge fund, corporate financing, and the cross-border financial products. Dr Mao is also a leading specialist in Green Finance and familiar with the Green Bond products and related ESG products. He graduated from Nanjing University with Bachelor of Science degree and PhD degree from Stanford University.

Dr Mao is currently a Senior Business Partner at CMBC, the chairperson of TCFA Hong Kong Chapter, the Adjunct Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and the CEO of Guangzhou Laureates City Investment Development Limited.

Teaching Areas

Green Finance
ESG

Research Interests

Sustainable Growth
Middle East Economic Development

Luo, Dan(羅丹)

Biography

Prof. Luo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Before joining CUHK in 2023, he was a postdoc researcher at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He received his PhD degree in Finance from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Master in Economics and Bachelor of Economics degrees from Tsinghua University. His primary research interests are corporate finance, microeconomic theory, and China economy.

Teaching Areas

Finance

Research Interests

Corporate Finance
Microeconomic Theory
China Economy

  • Awards & Honours
    • Charles River Associates Award For the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, the Western Finance Association, 2023
    • Best Research Paper Award in Finance , Research Symposium on Finance and Economics, 2023
    • “Best paper in finance theory on the job market” first prize, the Finance Theory Group (FTG), 2022
    • The Brattle Group PhD Candidate Awards for Outstanding Research, the Western Finance Association, 2022

Song, Zhiping(宋志平)

Teaching Areas

Corporate Strategy
operation and Management
Corporate Reform
Innovation and Transformation
Corporate Governance
Merger and Acquisition
Capital Operation
Corporate Culture

  • Publications & Working Papers
    • Song Zhiping (2022), “Mutual Achievement of Mutual Empowerment between State owned Enterprise Reform and Capital Market,” State-Owned Assets Report, 2022(08):131-134.
    • Song Zhiping (2022), “A great company needs a great board of directors,” Directors & Boards, 2022(05):94-100.
    • Song Zhiping (2021), “Rational Understanding of the Logic and Essence of Innovation,” China SOE, 2021(13):42-43.
    • Song Zhiping (2020), “Promoting high-quality development of listed companies,” State-Owned Assets Report, 2020(12):28-31.
    • Song Zhiping (2019), “Reflections on Cultivating Global Competitiveness of Enterprises,” State-Owned Assets Report, 2019(06):111-112.
    • Song Zhiping (2018), “Mechanism Reform and Entrepreneurial Spirit,” State-Owned Assets Report, 2018(01):11-13.
    • Song Zhiping (2017), “The pattern and capabilities of the enterprise,” Enterprise Management, 2017(10):28-31.
    • Song Zhiping (2016), “How to understand this round of restructurings of central SOEs?” China Economic Weekly, 2016(35):80-81.
    • Song Zhiping (2015), “China National Building Material Group: Promoting Enterprise Innovation through Mechanism Innovation,” Enterprise Civilization,2015(04):33-36.
    • Song Zhiping (2014), “Adhering to the principle of putting people first and pursuing inclusive growth – The corporate culture practice of China National Building Material Group,” Enterprise Civilization, 2014(02):12-14.
    • Song Zhiping (2013), “Only safety production enterprises have core competitiveness,” Qiushi, 2013(14):37-38.
    • Song Zhiping (2012), “The significance of management improvement activities is profound,” Modern SOE Research, 2012(06):13.

    Published Books:

    • Achievement Sharing Mechanism (2023)
    • Management Platform (2022)
    • New Opportunities and New Situation (2021)
    • Business First (2021)
    • Enterprise Mindset (2020)
    • Corporate Myth (2020)
    • Thoughts on Innovation (2019)
    • Thoughts on Management (2019)
    • Thoughts on Reform (2018)
    • Integration and Optimization (2015)
    • My Enterprise Outlook (2014)
    • The Business Strategy (2013)
    • Marketized SOEs (2012)
    • The Power of Inclusion (2012) etc.
  • Awards & Honours
    • The 8th Management Science Award – Special Contribution Award, 2023
    • “Downsized Organization, Refined Management and Lean Operation” won the First Prize for Enterprise Management and Modernization Innovation Achievement, 2019
    • “Regional large-scale restructuring in the cement industry” won the First Prize for Enterprise Management and Modernization Innovation Achievement, 2010
    • Lifetime Award for Outstanding Entrepreneur, 2019
    • China’s Outstanding Entrepreneur of 70 Years 70 Figures 70 Enterprises, 2019
    • Outstanding Entrepreneur in Promoting Overall Quality Management in 40 years, 2019
    • Fortune CEO Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
    • Enterprise Leader Influencing Reform and Opening-up Process in Building Material Industry in 40 years, 2018
    • China Outstanding Quality Person Award, 2015
    • Ishikawa-Kano Award, 2015
    • China’s Innovation Model, 2014
    • Global Chinese Economic Leader, 2014
    • Chinese Economic Figure of the Year, 2012
    • Yuan Baohua Business Management Award, 2008
  • Academic/Professional Services

    Memberships

    • Member, The Academic Committee of the State owned Economic Research Think Tank of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, (2020 – present)
    • Member, China National MBA Education Supervisory Committee, (1999-2003, 2004-2008, 2014-2019)

Huang, Guo-bo(黃國波)

Biography

  • Chief Investment Officer of CNIC Corporation Limited since 2017, responsible for its global M&A investments.
  • Director General and head of State Administration of Foreign Exchange of China (SAFE) Reserve Management Department during 2002-2016, responsible for global asset allocation, investment operations and risk management of China’s foreign reserves.
  • Chief Economist and Vice Chairman of investment committee of SAFE concurrently during 2008-2016.
  • Substantiated professor of the City University of Hong Kong, senior fellow of the Asian-Pacific Financial and Forecasting Research Centre, and coordinator of EF Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes before 2000.
  • PhD from the University of Birmingham in the UK , Master degree from the PBCSF of Tsinghua University, and Bachelor degree from Peking University.

Teaching Areas and Research Interest

Global Asset Allocation and Management
Investments
Alternative Investments
Mergers and Acquisitions
Multinational Financial Management
Central Banking
International Financial Institutions and Markets
Exchange Rate Determination and Risk Management
Money, Banking and Investments in China

  • Academic/Professional Services
    • Member, Advisory Investment Committee, Bank of Thailand, 2018-present
    • Expatriate finance expert, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, 2000-present
    • Adjunct professor, the PBCSF Finance College, Tsinghua University, China, 2000-present

Ma, Xufei(馬旭飛)

Biography

Prof. Xufei Ma is a tenured full professor at the Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before he returned to CUHK Business School, he was the Terry Gou Chair Professor and a tenured full professor (2020-2022) of the School of Economics and Management (SEM) and Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS) at Tsinghua University. He was also a Cheung Kong Chair Professor granted by the Ministry of Education, China. He received a bachelor’s degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University (China), an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), and a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore. He was an assistant professor (2007-2013) and then a tenured associate professor (2013-2018) at CUHK, and a tenured full professor (2018-2020) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). He also served as the director of CUHK’s Center for Entrepreneurship (2016-2018) and CUHK’s Center for International Business Studies (2018), and the Vice Chair of the Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy at Tsinghua SEM (2020-2022). He’s taught strategy courses for EMBA programmes (in both English and Chinese) at Tsinghua, CityU, and CUHK.

Prof. Ma’s research focuses on strategic management, international business, and innovation/entrepreneurship in China’s emerging economy. He has published papers in UTD and FT-listed journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of Business Venturing, among others. He received the Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar from the Academy of International Business; became the first Chinese Dunning Fellow at the John H. Dunning Center for International Business, UK; and was awarded the Journal of International Business Studies 50th Anniversary Silver Medal. He is an Area Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies (2023-2025).

Before Prof. Ma joined academia, he had worked for a leading central-level Chinese business group in Beijing and Shanghai. He has served as an independent director for Western Trust, Tu Ba Tu Group, and Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group. He’s the co-secretary-general and co-chairman (2024) of Chinese Management Model C50+ Forum, and the co-founder and co-chairman of Greater Bay Area Senior Management Scholars College.

Teaching Areas

Strategic Management

Research Interests

Strategy
International Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
(Greater Bay Area, China, Singapore)

  • Publications & Working Papers

    Top Journal Publications (UTD & Financial Times Journals):

    • Z. Deng, X. Ma*and Z. Zhu (2022), “Transactional dependence and technological upgrading in global value chains,” Journal of Management Studies, 59 (2), 390-416. (FT45)
    • D. Ahlstrom*, J-L Arregle, M. Hitt, G. Qian, X. Ma and D. Faems (2020), “Managing technological, sociopolitical, and institutional change in the New Normal,” Journal of Management Studies, 57(3), 411-437. (FT45)
    • L. Luo, X. Ma*, M. Shige and G. Shinkle (2020), “Cluster status and new venture creation,” Journal of Business Venturing, 35(5), 105985. (FT45)
    • S. Zhu*, X. Ma, M. Peng and S. Sauerwald (2019), “Home country institutions behind cross-border acquisition performance,” Journal of Management, 45(4), 1315-1342. (FT45)
    • R. Krause, W. Li*, X. Ma and G. Bruton (2019), “The board chair effect across countries: An institutional view,” Strategic Management Journal, 40(10), 1570-1592. (UTD24)
    • R. Mudambi*, L. Li, X. Ma, S. Makino, G. Qian and R. Boschma (2018), “Zoom in, zoom out: Geographic scale and multinational activity,” Journal of International Business Studies, 49 (8), 929-941. (UTD24)
    • J. Gaur, X. Ma* and Z. Ding (2018), “Home country supportiveness/unfavorableness and outward foreign direct investment from China,” Journal of International Business Studies, 49, 324-345. (UTD24)
    • J. Xia*, X. Ma, J. Lu and D. Yiu (2014), “The outward FDI of emerging market firms: A resource dependence logic,” Strategic Management Journal, 35(9), 1343-1363. (UTD24)
    • X. Ma*, A. Delios and C.M. Lau (2013), “Beijing or Shanghai? The strategic location choice of large MNEs’ host country headquarters in China,” Journal of International Business Studies, 44, 953-961. (UTD24)
    • X. Ma, T.W. Tong and M. Fitza (2013), “How much does subnational region matter to foreign subsidiary performance? Evidence from Fortune Global 500 corporations’ investment in China,” Journal of International Business Studies, 44(1), 66-87. (UTD24)
    • X. Ma* and A. Delios (2010), “Host country headquarters and an MNE’s subsequent within-country diversifications,” Journal of International Business Studies, 41: 517-525. (UTD24)
    • J. Lu*, and X. Ma (2008), “The contingent value of local partners’ business group affiliation,” Academy of Management Journal, 51(2), 295-314. (UTD24)

    Other SSCI Journal Publications:

    • L. Luo, X. Ma and Z. Wang* (2022), “The moderate-reputation trap: Evidence from a Chinese cross-border business-to-business e-commerce portal.” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 39(2), 395-432.
    • X. Ma, Z. Deng* and Y. Tang (2021), “Relieving Status Anxiety: How Low-Status Firms Respond to International Status-Heterophilous Relationships,” Journal of World Business, 56 (6), 101259. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma, A. Delios and S. Yu* (2020), “Innovation in MNC’S strategy and structure: the (re) emergence of host country headquarters in large emerging markets,” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 37(3), 609-632. (SSCI)
    • H. Chung*, Z. Ding and X. Ma (2019), “Organizational learning and export performance of emerging market entrepreneurial firms: The roles of RBV mechanism and decision-making approach,” European Journal of Marketing, 53(2), 257-278. (SSCI)
    • J. Xia, X. Ma, T. Tong and W. Li* (2018), “Network information and cross-Border M&A activities,” Global Strategy Journal, 8 (2), 301-323. (SSCI)
    • J. Lu, X. Ma, L. Taksa and Y. Wang* (2017), “From LLL to IOL3: Moving dragon multinationals research forward,” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34(4), 757-768. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma* and J. Lu (2017), “Business group affiliation as institutional linkages in China’s emerging economy: A focus on organizational traits and institutional conditions,” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34, 675-697. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma, P. Wang and D. Li* (2017), “What Determines the Establishment of Chinese Multinational Enterprises’ Asian Regional Headquarters?” Management and Organization Review, 13(1), 85-119. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma, Z. Ding* and L. Yuan (2016), “Subnational institutions, political capital, and the internationalization of entrepreneurial firms in emerging economies,” Journal of World Business, 2016 51(5), 843-854. (SSCI)
    • X. Zhang*, X. Ma, Y. Wang, X. Li and D. Huo (2016) “What drives the internationalization of Chinese SMEs? The joint effects of international entrepreneurship characteristics, network ties, and firm ownership,” International Business Review, 25, 522-534. (SSCI)
    • J.W. Lu* and X. Ma (2015), “Partner resource asymmetry and IJV survival,” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32, 1039-1064. (SSCI)
    • X. Zhang*, X. Ma, Yue Wang and Yangwen Wang (2014), “How can emerging market small and medium-sized enterprises maximize internationalization benefits? The moderating effect of organizational flexibility,” International Small Business Journal, 32(6), 667-692. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma*, D. Yiu and N. Zhou (2014), “Facing global economic crisis: Foreign sales, ownership groups, and corporate value.,” Journal of World Business, 49(1), 87-100. (SSCI)
    • D. Yiu*, F. Ng and X. Ma (2013), “Business group attributes and internationalization strategy in China,” Asian Business & Management, 12(1), 14-36. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma*, X. Yao and Y. Xi (2009), “How do interorganizational and interpersonal networks affect a firm’s strategic adaptive capability in a transition economy?” Journal of Business Research, 62(11), 1087-1095. (SSCI)
    • X. Ma* and A. Delios (2007), “A new tale of two cities: Japanese FDIs in Shanghai and Beijing, 1979-2003,” International Business Review, 16 (2), 207-228. (Best Paper Award at International Business Review 2007) (SSCI)
    • X. Ma*, X. Yao and Y. Xi (2006), “Business group affiliation and firm performance in China’s transition economy: A focus on ownership voids,” Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23(4), 467-483. (SSCI)

    Other Publications

    • Y. Wang*, K. Wang and X. Ma (2016), “Understanding international business negotiation behavior: Credible commitments, dispute resolution, and the role of institutions,” International Negotiation, 21(1), 165-198.
    • X. Zhang, X. Ma and Y. Wang* (2012), “Entrepreneurial orientation, social capital, and the internationalization of SMEs: Evidence from China,” Thunderbird International Business Review, 54(2), 195-210. (Best Paper Award at 4th China Goes Global Harvard Conference)
    • A. Delios* and X. Ma (2010), Strategy and management of business groups. In Colpan, A.M., Hikino, T., & Lincoln, J.R. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups, Oxford University Press.
    • A. Delios* and X. Ma (2010), “China is undergoing a transformation…Yet again,” Ivey Business Journal, 74(1), 1-12.
    • X. Ma (2006), “Beyond transaction cost determinants: An integrated framework for export intermediary selection in emerging economies,” Advances in International Marketing, 19, 25-53.
    • X. Ma and J. Lu* (2005), “The critical role of business groups in China,” Ivey Business Journal, 69(5), 1-12.
    • 吴晓松、马旭飞、江俊毅、黄伟(2022), “数字化时代新岗位–数字化项目集群经理, ” 哈佛商业评论(中文版), 7, 124-129.
    • 吴晓松、马旭飞、黄伟、江俊毅(2022), “让数字化转型战略软着陆–项目集群管理,” 清华管理评论, 1, 5-9.
    • 吴晓松、马旭飞、江俊毅、黄伟(2022), “数字化项目集群管理地图,” 中欧商业评论, Oct Issue, accepted.
    • 黄伟、吴晓松、马旭飞, “大数据情景下复杂系统管理决策的综合集成方法与应用研究初探,” 管理世界.
    • 刘阿祺、马旭飞( 2021),”天使投资3.0:创新驱动与生态构建,” 清华管理评论, 6, 6-13.
    • 马旭飞、吴冰(2017), “无依赖,不摆脱:中国企业国际化的“套路”。” 清华管理评论, 7/8, 65-73.
    • 马旭飞、王阳雯(2018), “无制度,不企业。” 管理学季刊, 1, 31-39.
    • 马旭飞、杨慧(2015),《互联网时代新战略全景》, 经济管理出版社
    • 杨慧、马旭飞(2015),《互联网时代的新创客》, 中信出版社
  • Grants
    • Start-up Grant awarded by School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University # 110000247, Sep 2020-Aug 2022 (PI)
    • Start-up Grant awarded by Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University # 07010300001, Sep 2020-Aug 2022 (PI)
    • Basic Research Grant awarded by Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University # 07010100001, Sep 2020-Aug 2023 (PI)
    • Foreign Direct Investment and the Founding of Local Startups awarded by City University of Hong Kong #9380098, Jan 2019-Dec 2020 (PI)
    • “Whether and How: The Influence of Chair-CEO Pair on Firm Performance”, City University of Hong Kong #7005388, Jan 2019-Aug 2021 (PI)
    • “Business Group CSR Reputation and the Value of Affiliates”, City University of Hong Kong #7005199, Oct 2018-Sep 2019 (PI)
    • “Multinational Corporations’ Local Expansion Pace, Weight, and Consequent Public Crises in a Large Emerging Market”, UGC-GRF # 9042756, Jan 2016-Dec 2017 (PI)
    • “Resource Dependencies, Siblings, Partners, and Emerging Market Firms Cross-Border M&As'”, UGC-GRF # 2170230, Jan 2015-Dec 2016 (PI)
    • “Organizational Learning and Export Performance of Chinese Private Firms”, CUHK #4057063, Jan 2015-Dec 2016 (PI)
    • “How much does CEO matter to Chinese listed companies’ performance?”, CUHK #4057042, Oct 2013-Oct 2015 (PI)
    • “Antecedents and Consequences of the Establishment of Host Country Headquarter in Large Emerging Markets: Evidence from BRIC Countries”, UGC-GRF #2170190, Jan 2012-Dec 2014 (PI)
    • “How Much Does Subnational Region Matter? Evidence from MNCs’ Subsidiaries in China”, CUHK #2070457, Jan 2011-Dec 2012 (PI)
    • “Hong Kong or Singapore? Strategic Location Choice of Chinese Multinational Firms’ Asia Regional Headquarters”, CUHK #2190228, Sep 2010-Jun 2012 (PI)
    • “Why do some Chinese firms choose Hong Kong as their Asia regional headquarters?”, Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, CUHK #6902863, Aug 2010-Jun 2012 (PI)
    • “Host Country Headquarters and an MNE’s within-country diversifications in a Large Emerging Market”, CUHK #2070406, Dec 2008-Nov 2010 (PI)
  • Awards & Honours
    • Cheung Kong Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, China, 2021
    • Silver Medal, Journal of International Business Studies (a UTD journal) 50th Anniversary Contributions Award, 2019
    • Dunning Fellow, John Dunning Center for International Business, Reading University, 2017
    • Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar, Academy of International Business, 2006
    • Best Reviewer Award: Academy of International Business, 2012 and 2014
    • Best Reviewer Award: International Associate of Chinese Management Research, 2014
    • Faculty Teaching Awards, CUHK Business School
    • The Best Paper Award at International Business Review (SSCI), 2007
    • Winner of the Best Student Paper Award, Asia Academy of Management, 2006
    • PI/Co-I: about US$1 million of research grants from Tsinghua, CityU, CUHK, GRF, NSFC
    • Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Certificate, 2021
  • Academic/Professional Services
    • Area Editor, Journal of International Business Studies, 2023-2025
    • Senior Editor, Management and Organization Review, 2021-2022
    • Senior Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2022-2022
    • Area Editor, Quarterly Journal of Management, 2016-2021
    • Special Issue Editor, JIBS (UTD), JMS (FT), APJM (SSCI)
    • Editorial Board, JMS, JWB, GSJ, APJM
    • Member, Conference Program, Chinese Academy of Management Meeting, 2021
    • Track Chair, Asia Academy of Management Meeting, 2021-2022
    • PhD Symposium Chair, SMS Special Conference, Hong Kong, 2016
    • Chair, Junior Faculty/Doctoral Consortium, AAOM Conference, Hong Kong, 2015
    • Track Chair, European International Business Academy, Leeds, 2019
    • Director & Treasurer, Asia Academy of Management (AAOM), 2015-2018
    • Independent Director, Western Trust Co., Ltd., 2016-2022
    • Independent Director, Beijing Urban Construction Design & Dev Group Co. Ltd, 2019-2022
    • Independent Director, Tu Ba Tu Group Co., Ltd, 2020-
    • Host Organizer, China Angel Investors Conference, 2018
    • Co-Secretary-General, Chinese Management Model C50+ Forum, 2017-
    • Co-Chairman (elect), Chinese Management Model C50_ Forum, 2024
    • Co-Chairman and Co-Founder, Greater Bay Area Senior Scholar College, 2021-

Cheung, Leong(張亮)

Chapter Honoree_Leong Cheung

Biography

Mr. Leong Cheung was the Executive Director of Charities & Community at The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) from August 2014 to July 2022. In this capacity, he was also the co-chair of the Hong Kong Chapter of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Prior to joining the HKJC, Mr. Cheung was the Operating Partner of Bain Capital. Before that, he was the Managing Director of Global Sourcing & Supply Chain at Esquel Group, the founder and CEO of an education focused internet venture, and a senior consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr. Cheung is active in the community. He is the co-founder of RunOurCity, an innovative social enterprise with the aim of transforming life through running. He currently serves as the chairperson of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food. He is an Independent Non-executive Director of Kerry Properties Limited since May 2022, an Advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation and a former Director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited.

Mr. Cheung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Business Administration and obtained a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Teaching Areas

Strategy
Philanthropy

Research Interests

Philanthropy
ESG

  • Awards & Honours
    • Chapter Honoree, Beta Gamma Sigma CUHK Chapter, 2022
    • Honorary Fellowship, Lingnan University, 2019
  • Academic/Professional Services

    Professional/Public Services

    • Independent Non-Executive Director, Kerry Properties Limited, 2022-Present
    • Chairman, Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food, 2020-Present
    • Non-Executive Director & Audit Committee Chairman, HKMC Annuity Limited, 2017-2022
    • Non-Executive Director, Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, 2016-2022
    • Member, Elderly Commission, 2015-2021
    • Member, Hong Kong Quality Migrant Admission Scheme Advisory Committee, Jul 2010-Jun 2016

    Community Services

    • Co-founder/Chairman, RunOurCity, 2021
    • Founding Director & Honorary Advisor, Social Venture Hong Kong, 2007-2021
    • Trustee, Esquel-Y.L.Yang Education Foundation, 2022-2013

    Academic Services

    • Adjunct Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015-2020
    • Adjunct Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2014-2017
    • Deputy Chairman, Court of Lingnan University, Aug 2013-Aug 2014
    • Council & Court member, Lingnan University, Oct 2009-Aug 2014

Chen, Jun(陳軍)

Biography

Prof. Jun Chen is an Assistant Professor at the CUHK Business School. His research interests lie in corporate finance, financial accounting, and household finance. His latest projects have focused on the real effects of information in financial markets. He received his PhD in Finance and MFin degrees from Rady School of Management of the University of California San Diego, and BS in Mathematics from Peking University.

Teaching Areas

Data Analytics
Machine Learning

Research Interests

Corporate Finance
Financial Accounting
Household Finance

Li, David Shu Wing(李澍榮)

Biography

David has over 34 years of working experiences in the US and the Greater China region covering a wide spectrum of industries. From 1994 to 2016, David worked in China managed regional business for multi-nations corporations in the IT area, Fashion Retailing and the MedTech sector. In 2013, David founded his own boutique consulting company focused on helping companies entering the China market, as well as building a strong foothold for the established companies to excel in China. The strategic focus for David is in the area of M&A advisory and board governance, David had been appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director for AK Medical Holding Co. (HK1789) since the company was listed at Hong Kong Exchange in 2017. David obtained DBA degree and MABR degree from SBS Swiss Business School, MBA from Chaminade University and BBA from University of Hawaii, in addition, David also attended executive programs from INSEAD and Harvard University.

Since 2020, David assumed the role of mentor in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKSTP, and Cyberport in providing coaching and mentorship for MedTech start-ups in Hong Kong. Moreover, David also assumed presidency of a non-profit organisation, Greater Bay MedTech Association, for promoting the development of MedTech business within the Greater Bay Area.

Teaching Areas

Global Business
Lean Strategy
Entrepreneurship

Yang, Yang (Zoe)(楊揚)

Biography

Prof. Zoe Yang is an Assistant Professor of Real Estate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on urban economics, real estate, and sustainability. She holds a PhD in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore (2018), an MSc in Urban Land Economics (2014), and a B.Comm with Honours in Finance and Real Estate (2012) from the University of British Columbia. Her work has been published in academic journals, such as The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Energy Economics.

Prof. Yang is the principal investigator of Hong Kong GRC projects and the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Young Scientists Fund. She is the Associate Editor of Regional Science and Urban Economics, an Academic Editor for PLOS One, and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Real Estate Literature.

Teaching Areas

Real Estate Development
Real Estate Investment

Research Interests

Urban Economics
Real Estate Finance
Chinese Economy
Environmental Economics

  • Grants
    • “Environmental Pollution and Consumption Behavior in the Digital Era”, Young Scientists Fund awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023 – 2025
    • “Information Salience and Vehicle Idling Behavior”, Project Impact Enhancement Fund awarded by CUHK, 2023 – 2025
    • “Air Pollution and Online Consumption”, General Research Fund awarded by University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, 2023-2025
    • “Wealth Shock and Online Consumption”, Early Career Scheme awarded by University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, 2020-2022
    • “Competition and Quality: New Evidence from the High-Speed Rails and Airlines”, Project Impact Enhancement Fund awarded by CUHK, 2020-2022
    • “Blessing in Disguise? Environmental Shocks and Performance Enhancement”, Project Impact Enhancement Fund awarded by CUHK, 2019-2021
  • Academic/Professional Services

    Editorial Boards

    • Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics
    • Academic Editor, PLOS One
    • Editorial Board, Journal of Real Estate Literature

    Peer-reviews

    • Review of Economics and Statistics
    • Journal of Public Economics
    • American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
    • Management Science
    • Review of Finance
    • Journal of Industrial Economics
    • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
    • China Economics Review
    • Journal of Urban Economics
    • Real Estate Economics
    • Regional Science and Urban Economics
    • International Real Estate Review
    • Journal of Housing Economics
    • Cities
    • Review of Transportation Research – Part B
    • Transport Policy
    • World Development
    • Journal of Asian Economics
    • Economic Modelling
    • International Journal of Urban Sciences

    Conference Reviewer

    • AsRES/GCREC International Conference, 2023
    • Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, 2019-Present