Ng, Frank Wing-fung
Ng, Frank Wing-fung 吳頴鋒
BBA, PhD (CUHK)
Senior Lecturer
Executive Director, Centre for Family Business
Executive Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship
Contact
Department of Management
Room 832A, 8/F
Cheng Yu Tung Building
12 Chak Cheung Street
Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
+852 3943 7798
Biography
Dr Frank Ng received both his PhD and BBA in Management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include entrepreneurship, strategic management, international business, and family business.
Dr Ng serves as the Executive Director at the Centre for Entrepreneurship. He engages in a variety of entrepreneurship-related research and teaching. He has published multiple academic articles, teaching cases, book and book chapters on entrepreneurship. Additionally, he has led and organised various entrepreneurship competitions, training sessions, mentorship programmes and incubation initiatives.
Dr Ng is the recipient of Faculty Teaching Excellence Award and consecutive Faculty Teaching Merit Awards, CUHK Business School. As an entrepreneurial educator, he actively develops and experiments a wide range of teaching pedagogies, adopts both synchronous and asynchronous learning approaches. He has also received multiple teaching grants for innovative teaching methods and practices.
Teaching Areas
Entrepreneurship
Social/Sustainability Entrepreneurship
Global Business
Global Experiential Learning
Research Interests
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
International Business
Family Business
Publications & Working Papers
Selected Academic Publications:
- Ng, F. W., & Au, K. Y. (2022), “Entrepreneurship and innovation in a metropolis: Education and policy implications in Hong Kong,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 39(4), 489–491.
- Daphne W. Yiu, William P. Wan, Frank W. Ng, Xing Chen, and Jun Su (2014), “Sentimental Drivers of Social Entrepreneurship: A Study of China’s Guangcai (Glorious) Program,” Management and Organization Review, 10(1), 55-80.
- Daphne W. Yiu, Frank W. Ng, and Xufei Ma (2013), “Business Group Attributes and Internationalization Strategy in China,” Asian Business & Management, 12(1), 14-36.
Book and Book Chapters:
- 區玉輝、吳頴鋒與任鴻 (2025), 《中大創業人3—超越思維框架 在課堂學不到的創業秘笈》, 香港:紅出版。
- Ng, F. W. (2016), “The multiple facets of crisis and its impact on IPO underpricing.” In T. S. Chan & G. Cui (Eds.), Academy of International Business South-East Asia Region (AIBSEAR) Chapter (Third Volume), London: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 3–20.
- Yiu, D. W., Wan, W. P., Ng, F. W., Chen, X., & Su, J. (2014), “Who would become social entrepreneurs in China?” (In Chinese). In X. Chen (Ed.), Chinese Management Insight, Beijing: IACMR.
Teaching Cases:
- Ng, F. W., Au, K. Y., & Yiu, D. W. (2025), Seekr: Envisioning Visually Impaired Persons (VIPs) Globally, Ivey Case
- Ng, F. W., Yiu, D. W., & Lim, T. (2025), Pink Dolphin: Look Pa, No Males! Hong Kong’s Females-Only Swimming Academy Seeks to Foster an Inclusive Swimming Community, SMU Case
- Ng, F. W., Chen, K. X., & Cheng, C. Y. (2025), Asia Green Group: Crossing the generational chasm for sustainability, Family Business Sustainability Case Studies Across the World
- Ng, F. W., Au, K. Y., & Plummer, L. A. (2023), Senior Deli: Pioneer in an emergent Care Food ecosystem, Ivey Case
Awards & Honours
- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, CUHK Business School, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2019–20
- Faculty Teaching Merit Awards, CUHK Business School, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2019–24
- Teaching Excellent Award, Hang Seng Management College (current: Hang Seng University of Hong Kong), 2015–18
- Best Organization Theory Track Paper, Asia Academy of Management Meeting at Hong Kong, 2015
- Sir Edward Youde Memorial Honorary Fellowship, 2013
Grants
Teaching Grants:
- “Investigating a Demand Model of Entrepreneurship Education for Academic Entrepreneurship”, Funding Scheme to Support Pedagogical Research, TDLEG, HK$266,060, 2022–25 (PI)
- “Developing a Course of Engaging United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to Entrepreneurship Education”, Funding Scheme for Initiatives on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, TDLEG, HK$149,468, 2022–25 (PI)
- “A ‘Reality Business’ of Entrepreneur – A New Pedagogy to Enhance Internationalization at Home”, Grant Scheme for Internationalization at Curriculum, TDLEG, HK$58,065, 2019–2022 (PI)
Research Grants:
- “Deep-tech ventures in Hong Kong and their supportive innovation systems”, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, Chief Executive Officer’s Policy Unit, HK$553,700, 2024–25 (Co-I)
- “Blockchains for Generalized Social Exchanges in Time Banks: Process and Outcomes”, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council, HK$943,496, 2023/24 (Co-I)
- “Promoting Active Ageing and Social Participation with Time Voucher/Bank”, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, HK$586,045, 2022–23 (Co-I)
- “An examination of firm actions and words for reputational repair from the perspective of construal level theory”, National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant, RMB200,000, 2014–16 (Co-I)
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