HKUST Business School PhD Student Conference
Have you ever considered pursuing a PhD in business after your graduation?
You can:
- Pick a research area that you are passionate about;
- Enjoy academic freedom and flexible working hours;
- Explore the excellent job opportunities in academia;
- Gain the postgraduate studentship of HK$18K – 27K/month.
The minimum requirement to apply for the PhD program is a Bachelor degree.
Want to learn more about the research projects of the PhD Students at the HKUST Business School?
Register for the PhD Student Conference, in which the Business PhD students will have a 20-minute presentation each on their research area. It will be a valuable chance to listen to the advanced and diverse topics from all business departments.
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Program |
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Morning Session |
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10:00 – 10:05 |
Opening Remarks |
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10:05 – 10:25 |
Using Deep Learning and Eye Tracking to Optimize Package Design |
YU, Jingling |
PhD(MARK) |
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10:25 – 10:45 |
Remedies for Growing Pains: How Venture Leaders Manage Stalemates when Scaling Senior Executive Team |
RHEE, Changjoon |
PhD(MGMT) |
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10:45 – 11:05 |
Adaptive Strategies: Robust Large Portfolio Optimization with Heteroscedastic and Heavy-Tailed Return |
CHEN, Leheng |
PhD(OM) |
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11:05 – 11:25 |
How do Creators Compete with Art-ificial Intelligence? An Empirical Analysis |
ZHANG, Yue |
PhD(IS) |
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11:25 – 11:40 |
Break |
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11:40 – 12:00 |
High-dimensional Covariate Adaptive Randomization |
GUO, Ziqing |
PhD(OM) |
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12:00 – 12:20 |
Intergenerational Effects of Financial Crises: Evidence from the Panic of 1873 |
DUTTA, Satya Sai Harsha |
PhD(FINA) |
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12:20 – 12:40 |
Bank loan reliance and inflation inattention |
QI, Zhenghua |
PhD(ECON) |
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12:40 – 13:00 |
The effect of going viral on social media on corporate ESG practices |
QIU, Lu |
PhD(ACCT) |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon Session |
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14:00 – 14:20 |
Mutual Funds’ Use of Social Media and its Capital Market Effects |
KANNAN, Srijith |
PhD(ACCT) |
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14:20 – 14:40 |
Global Monetary Policy Shocks and Export Prices |
LU, Lingfei |
PhD(ECON) |
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14:40 – 15:00 |
The Implicit Government Guarantee as a Spillover Channel: Evidence from Chinese Local SOE Bond Markets |
ZHANG, Yiming |
PhD(FINA) |
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15:00 – 15:20 |
Managing Software Development through a Performance Measurement System: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment |
JIN, Siyuan |
MPhil(IS) |
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15:20 – 15:35 |
Break |
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15:35 – 15:55 |
Flattering Advice: How Avoiding Disappointment Leads to Gender Bias |
CHEN, Zaidan |
PhD(MGMT) |
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15:55 – 16:15 |
That’s Undeserved! How Anthropomorphism Influences Consumers’ Attitudes to Low-Share Products |
ZHANG, Yunbo |
PhD(MARK) |
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16:15 – 16:25 |
Break |
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16:25 – 16:40 |
Award Ceremony |
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Date: |
May 14, 2024 (Tuesday) |
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Time: |
10:00am -5:00pm |
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Venue: |
Business School Central, 1501-02, Hong Kong Club Building, 3A Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong (Transportation from HKUST to Central will be arranged with details to be provided after registration) |
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Registration: |
Click here |
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Enquiry: |
Click here
email: mphd@ust.hk