Ng, Angel Yin-yee(伍燕儀)

Biography

Angel Ng was appointed Head of Asia North and Australia, Cluster and Banking in September 2023. Angel has oversight of Citi’s franchise in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan, including geographic management, client coverage and delivery, and legal entity management. The Head of Cluster and Banking has oversight of products and banking segments and drives local client engagement across all lines of business.

As a leading financial institution, Citi brings the unique strength of its unparalleled global network and on-the-ground expertise to its Banking, Markets, Services, and Wealth businesses. The Asia North and Australia Cluster is a key growth area for Citi internationally, having been in the region since 1902. Angel, who is based in Hong Kong, is focused on creating greater connectivity across the bank to deliver the full power of Citi to our clients.

Prior to this, Angel was the Head of Asia for Citi Global Wealth from April 2022, with the responsibility of the wealth business in the region which includes Asia Private Bank and Consumer Banking. Before that, Angel was the Chief Executive Officer for Hong Kong and Macau from May 2018.

Angel joined Citi Hong Kong in 1998 and served as Head of Retail Banking, Head of Wealth Management and Head of Cards before being appointed Consumer Business Manager for Hong Kong in 2015, where she led the digital transformation of the business. Her knowledge and understanding of the wealth and institutional sides of the bank have helped built a winning franchise for Citi. She is also a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion.

Prior to Citi, Angel held a number of senior positions at Procter & Gamble and China Light and Power Hong Kong. She started her career with HSBC.

Angel actively contributes to the Hong Kong community by serving as a board or committee member of several organisations including the Financial Infrastructure and Market Development Sub-Committee under the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Banking Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, Council of the Treasury Markets Association, and Board of Trustee for the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chung Chi College.

Angel holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Teaching Areas

Business Strategy
Marketing and Consumer Behaviours

Tseng, Kevin(曾俊凱)

Biography

Professor Kevin Tseng is an Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. He previously taught at the National Taiwan University (NTU) as the EMBA Alumni Elite Chair and the Chen-Yung Outstanding Scholar. Before joining NTU, he was a Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas’ School of Business.

Professor Tseng has a broad research interest. He has published in the areas of knowledge spillover, asset pricing, disclosure, innovation, corporate finance, and behavioral economics. His articles have appeared in leading scholarly journals, including The Journal of Finance, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Financial Studies, The Accounting Review, Management Science, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. In 2022, he received the MOST Outstanding Research Award; in 2015, he received the WFA Cubist Systematic Strategies PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research.

Teaching Areas

Valuation
Financial Statement Analysis

Research Interests

Information Disclosure
Asset Pricing
Innovation
Corporate Finance
Behavioral Economics

  • Awards & Honours
    • MOST Outstanding Research Award, 2022
    • Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award, Academia Sinica, 2022
    • Young Researcher Award, Taiwan Econometrics Society, 2022
    • Young Researcher Award, Taiwan Risk and Insurance Association, 2022
    • E. Sun Academic Award, E.SUN FHC & National Taiwan University, 2021-2023
    • Best Paper Award, TFA Annual Meeting, 2018, 2020-2022
    • Best Paper Award, Management and Practice Conference, 2021
    • Chen-Yung Outstanding Scholar, National Taiwan University, 2020
    • EMBA Alumni Elite Chair, National Taiwan University, 2020
    • Best Paper Award Semifinalist, Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, 2018-2019, 2023 (*2)
    • Best Paper Award, Asian Finance Association (Asian FA), 2016
    • Ph.D. Candidate Award for Outstanding Research, Western Finance Association (WFA), 2015
    • PhD Forum Best Paper Award Second Prize, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC), 2014
  • Academic/Professional Services
    • Ad-Hoc Referee, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Contemporary Accounting Research, Research Policy, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance
    • Organising Committee, 2019 TFA Asset Pricing
    • Programme Committee, Northern Finance Association (NFA), Financial Management Association (FMA), Financial Management Association Asia/Pacific (FMA Asia), Southern Finance Association (SFA)

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)

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-

Fong, Alex(方志偉)

Biography

Dr. Fong is a scholar-practitioner. He is a believer in life-long learning. He has continued to pursue scholastic research and teaching activities alongside his career pursuits.

As a practitioner, Dr. Fong has worked in many different senior managerial capacities in both private and public sectors. As an entrepreneur, he is a Director of GRE Manufacturing Limited and GRE Alpha Electronics Limited, two privately owned electronics manufacturing companies. As an intrapreneur, he was the former CEO of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the former Directorate Officer of the Hong Kong government. As a practitioner in corporate governance, he is an independent non-executive director of Hutchison Port Holdings Limited, Hong Kong Electric Investment Limited and Tom Group International Limited.

As a scholar, Dr. Fong’s scholastic journey covers both empirical science and humanistic studies. In his DBA research, he developed a 2P3C Model to understand the sustainability of corporate human capital competitiveness. In his PhD research, he created a set of tools comprising differentiators, integrators, and connectors to help us understand the patterns of self–others interaction experience among stakeholders in enterprises. They can be deployed by CEOs to support oneness as an enterprise governance approach focusing on responsible leadership, enterprise well-being, and enterprise sustainability.

Having worked, studied, and lived in multiple places like New York City, Tokyo, London, Cambridge, Oxford, Beijing, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong and Singapore, he looks forward to tapping into his broad intellectual, sectoral and geographic experience to create an encounter of a different kind as he pursues his teaching and research activities at CUHK Business School.

Dr. Fong is also a coach and a counsellor.

Teaching Areas

Global Management
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Economic Transformation of China
Management of Public Finance
Human Resource Management
Project Management
Business Consultancy
Strategic engagement

Research Interests

Oneness
Enterprise Governance
Enterprise Well-being
Enterprise Sustainability
Entrepreneurship
Business Strategy
Leadership
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Competitiveness
Strategic Engagement

  • Publications & Working Papers

    Conference papers

    • “Oneness in Business,” (2023) Presented at Philosophy of Management 15th Annual Meeting EM Normandie Business School, Oxford
    • “Global Leadership under oneness: Connecting the Parts and the Wholes through Consciousness,” (2021) Presented at the International Conference on Consciousness-Based Leadership and Management, Ohio, USA
    • “Oneness And Responsible Leadership,” (2019) Presented at Academy of Management (AOM) Specialized Conference on Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies, Bled, Slovenia
    • “The Oneness of Social Entrepreneurship,” (2018) Presented at International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Family Business Mumbai, India

    Book Chapters

    • “Global Leadership Under Oneness: Connecting Conscious Parts to Conscientious Wholes,” (2023) Book chapter with Duysal Askun in the Springer Handbook of Global Leadership and Followership
    • “Responsible Leadership Under Oneness: Conscious Parts and Conscientious Wholes,” (2022) Book chapter with Duysal Askun in the Routledge Research Companion to Business with a Conscience: A Research Companion
  • Academic/Professional Services
    • Chief Strategist, Hong Kong Philosophical Practitioners Association
    • Past President, Hong Kong Association in Atlanta
    • Past advisor, Institute of Active Ageing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    • Past senior advisor, China International Chamber of Commerce, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Guangzhou Council, Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce
    • Past advisor, Nantong City Government, China
    • Past advisor, Wuxi Business Association
    • Past member, SFC Dual Filing Advisory Group, Securities Future Commission
    • Past member. Business Facilitation Committee, Hong Kong SAR Government
    • Past secretary, Hong Kong Port and Maritime Board
    • Past secretary, Hong Kong Logistics Development Council

Karhade, Prasanna

Biography

Prof. Prasanna Karhade joined the CUHK Business School as an Associate Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology in August 2022.

Prof. Karhade is interested in digital innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship. His research has been published in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Journal of Management Information Systems.

He has currently started an ambitious research programme on micro-financing in GREAT (growing, rural, eastern, aspirational, and transitional) economies. Prof. Karhade loves hiking, poetry & meditation. Prasanna means happiness and so there is no incorrect way to pronounce Prasanna — as long as you do it with a smile.

Teaching Areas

Digital Innovation
Entrepreneurship
FinTech

Research Interests

Digital Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Digital Platforms & Decolonization
Governance & Control of IT in Family Business

  • Publications and Working Papers

    Digital Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    • Karhade, P. and Dong, J.Q. (2021), “IT Investment & Commercialized Innovation Performance: Dynamic Adjustment Costs and Curvilinear Effects,” MIS Quarterly, 45(3), 1007-1024.
    • Karhade, P. and Dong, J.Q. (2021), “Innovation outcomes of the digitally enabled collaborative problemistic search capability,” MIS Quarterly, 45(2), 693-718.
    • Dong, J.Q., Karhade, P., Rai, A., and Xu, S.X. (2021), “How Firms Make Information Technology Investment Decisions: Toward a Behavioral Agency Theory,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 38(1), 29-58. [Authors listed alphabetically.]

    Digital Platforms & Decolonization

    • Kathuria, A., Karhade, P., and Konsynski, B.R. (2020), “In the realm of hungry ghosts: Multi-level theory for restaurant participation in food delivery platforms,” Journal of Management Information Systems ,37(2), 396-430. [Kathuria A. and Karhade P. are both co-first authors.]
    • Karhade, P. and Kathuria, A. (2020), “Missing Impact of Ratings on Platform Participation in India: A Call for Research in GREAT Domains,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 47(Article 19), 364-381. [Both authors are co-first authors.]

    Governance & Control

    • Karhade, P., Shaw, M.J., and Subramanyam, R. (2015), “Patterns in Information Systems Portfolio Prioritization: Evidence from Decision Tree Induction”, MIS Quarterly, 39(2), 413-433.
    • Susarla, A., Subramanyam, R., and Karhade, P. (2011), “Contractual Provisions to Mitigate Holdup: Evidence from Information Technology Outsourcing,” Information Systems Research, 21(1), 37-55.
    • Kathuria, A., Karhade, P., Ning, X., and Konsynski, B. “Blood and Water: IT Investment and Control in Family-Owned Businesses,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Accepted.
  • Grants
    • “Search for Innovation: Integrating the Behavioural Theory of the Firm with Agency-Theoretic Explanations”, awarded by, Research Grants Council (RGC)of Hong Kong with HK$717,470, 2018-2021
    • “IT Assets and Firm Innovation Output: An Empirical Examination”, awarded by Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong with HK$ 215,670, 2012-2014
  • Award & Honours
    • Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, University of Hawaii, 2020
    • Dean’s Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2013-14
    • Dean’s Recognition of Excellent Teaching Performance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2014-15
    • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2006
    • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2007

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

Wang, Weiquan(王偉泉)

Biography

Prof. Weiquan Wang is a Professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of British Columbia, and double-bachelor’s degrees in i) Engineering Physics and ii) Enterprise Management as well as a Master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University. Before joining CUHK Business School, he was at the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong. He served as an associate editor of MIS Quarterly during Jan 2012 and Dec 2015. He is serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) and a few other leading scholarly outlets.

Teaching Areas

IT-enabled organisational transformation
Information Systems Management
Business research method

Research Interests

Online Platforms: Designs, User Engagement and Behavior;
Human-AI/Algorithm Interaction
Online Recommendation Agents and Decision-Making
Financial Technologies

  • Publications & Working Papers
    • Honglin Deng, Weiquan Wang, and Kai H. Lim (2024), “Addressing Online Users’ Suspicion of Sponsored Search Results: Effects of Informational Cues,” Information Systems Research, forthcoming.
    • Jingzhi Zhang, Weiquan Wang, Lara Khansa, and Sung S. Kim (2024), “Actual Private Information Disclosure in Online Social Networking Sites: A Reflective–Impulsive Model,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, forthcoming.
    • Lingyun Qiu, Weiquan Wang, and Jun Pan (2023), “The Persuasive Power of Emoticons in Electronic Word-of-Mouth Communication in Social Networking,” MIS Quarterly, (47:2), pp. 511-534.
    • Honglin Deng, Weiquan Wang, and Kai H. Lim (2022), “Repairing Integrity-based Trust Violations in Ascription Disputes for Potential e-Commerce Customers,” MIS Quarterly, (46:4) pp. 1983-2014.
    • F. Cao, Weiquan Wang, Chee-Wee Tan, and Eric Lim (2022), “Do Social Dominance-Based Faultlines Help or Hurt Team Performance in Crowdsourcing Tournaments?” Journal of Management Information Systems, 39(1), 247-275.
    • Honglin Deng, Weiquan Wang, Siyuan Li, and K. Lim (2022), “Reducing User Avoidance of Sponsored Search Results: The Effects of Social Influence Cues,” MIS Quarterly, 46(1), 35-70.
    • Ran Li, Yaobin Lu, Jifeng Ma, Weiquan Wang (2021), “Examining Gifting Behavior on Social Live Streaming Services: An Identity-based Motivation Model,” Information & Management, 58(6), No. 103406.
    • T. Liu, Weiquan Wang, J. Xu, D. Ding, H. Deng (2021), “Interactive effects of advising strength and brand familiarity on users’ trust and distrust in online recommendation agents,” Information Technology & People, 34(7), 1920-1947.
    • Weiquan Wang, and M. Wang (2019), “Effects of Sponsorship Disclosure on Perceived Integrity of Biased Recommendation Agents: Psychological Contract Violation and Knowledge-based Trust Perspectives,” Information Systems Research, 30(2), 507–522.
    • Weiquan Wang, J. Xu, and M. Wang (November 2018), “Effects of Recommendation Neutrality and Sponsorship Disclosure on Trust versus Distrust in Online Recommendation Agents: Moderating Role of Explanations for Organic Recommendations,” Management Science, 64(11), 5198-5219.
    • L. Zhou, Weiquan Wang, J.D. Xu, T. Liu, and J. Gu (July 2018), “Perceived Information Transparency in B2C e-commerce: An Empirical Investigation,” Information and Management, 55(7), 912-927.
    • Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat (September 2016), “An Empirical Assessment of Alternative Designs for Enhancing Different Types of Trusting Beliefs in Online Recommendation Agents,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(3), 744-775.
    • Z. Jiang, Weiquan Wang, B.C.Y. Tan, and J. Yu (2016), “The Determinants and Impacts of Aesthetics in Users’ First Interaction with Websites,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(1), 229-259.
    • Weiquan Wang, L. Qiu, D. Kim, and I. Benbasat (2016), “Effects of Rational and Social Appeals of Online Recommendation Agents on Cognition- and Affect-based Trust,” Decision Support Systems, 86 (2016), 48-60.
    • Weiquan Wang, Y. Zhao, L. Qiu, and Y. Zhu (2014), “Effects of Emoticons on the Acceptance of Negative Feedback in Computer-Mediated Communication,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 15(8), 454-483.
    • Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat (September 2013), “A Contingency Approach to Investigating the Effects of User-System Interaction Modes of Online Decision Aids,” Information Systems Research, 24(3), 861-876.
    • Y. Zhu, Y. Li, Weiquan Wang, and J. Chen (June 2010), “What Leads to the Post-Implementation Success of ERP? An Empirical Study of the Chinese Retail Industry”, International Journal of Information Management, 30(3), 265-276.
    • Y. Zhao, Weiquan Wang, Y. Zhu (June 2010), “Antecedents of the Closeness of Human-Avatar Relationships in a Virtual World”, Journal of Database Management, 21 (2), 41-68.
    • Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat, (2009) “Interactive Decision Aids for Consumer Decision Making in e-Commerce: The Influence of Perceived Strategy Restrictiveness,” MIS Quarterly 33(2), 293-320.
    • Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat, (2008) “Attributions of Trust in Decision Support Technologies: A Study of Recommendation Agents for E-Commerce,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 24(4), 249-273.
    • Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat, (2007) “Recommendation Agents for Electronic Commerce: Effects of Explanation Facilities on Trusting Beliefs,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 23(4), 217-246.
    • Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat, (2005) “Trust in and Adoption of Online Recommendation Agents,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 6(3), 72-101.
    • Zhenhui Jiang, Weiquan Wang, and Izak Benbasat, (2005) “Multimedia-based Interactive Advising Technology for Online Consumer Decision Support,” Communications of the ACM, 48(9), 92-98.
    • Sherrie X. Komiak, Weiquan Wang and Izak Benbasat, (2004/2005) “Trust Building in Virtual Salespersons versus in Human Salespersons: Similarities and Differences,” e-Service Journal, 3(3), 49-63.
  • Grants
    • “’Open Source’ on Online Crowdsourcing Contest Platforms: Constraining or Stimulating Ideas?,” General Research Fund (GRF) awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC), 2024-2025 (Principal Investigator)
    • “App Innovation Strategies and Innovation Performance: A Perspective of Developer Brand Equity,” General Research Fund (GRF) awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC), 2021-2024 (Principal Investigator)
    • “搜索引擎中竞价排名广告披露方式与用户反应的实证研究,” awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2021-2024 (Principal Investigator)
    • “This Is Not The Brand I Am Searching For! Can Social Influence Cues Always Reduce Sponsored Search Results Avoidance?,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2018-2021 (Principal Investigator).
    • “To Click or Not To Click? An Experimental Investigation into Users’ Avoidance of Sponsored Search Results,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2016-2021 (Principal Investigator)
    • “网络用户隐私担忧与主动性泄露隐私信息之间的悖论:理论探索和基于社交网络的实证研究,” awarded by NSFC, 2015-2018 (Principal Investigator)
    • “Do You Really Care about Your Information Privacy? An Empirical Investigation of Privacy Attitude-Behavior Paradox in Online Social Networking Sites,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2012-2014 (Principal Investigator)
    • “The Effects of Advising Strength on Users’ Trust and Distrust in Online Recommendation Agents: The Moderation Role of Source Credibility and Recommendation Familiarity,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2011-2012 (Principal Investigator)
    • “To Trust or Distrust Online Recommendation Agents? An Experimental Investigation into the Effect Mechanisms of Recommendation Neutrality and Transparency Strategies,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2010-2012 (Principal Investigator)
    • “Effects of Anthropomorphic Interfaces vs. Explanation Facilities on Trust in Online Recommendation Agents: An Elaboration Likelihood Model Perspective,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2008-2010 (Principal Investigator)
    • “Trust in Technological Artifacts: Dimensions and Roles in a Trust Network,” GRF awarded by RGC, 2007-2009 (Principal Investigator)