Phd business research areas and supervisors

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Accounting and Finance Research Areas 1.

Corporate Finance and Capital Markets New issue offerings; cross listings and firm performance; mergers and acquisitions; behavioural finance; empirical investments; international finance; privatization of state-ownedenterprises and China studies.

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Corporate Governance and Auditing The impact of corporate governance, ownership structures and institutional arrangements on firm performance; the role of external monitoring and/or auditing in a capital market-based economy; impact on the informativeness of stock prices, corporate governance and external monitoring; auditor choice and audit quality; and earnings management.

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Economics and Law Globalization and firm adjustment; Chinese economy; economic growth; issues on industrial organization, international trade and foreign direct investment; open economy macroeconomics; productivity analysis; experimental economics; regulatory economics with an emphasis on competition policy and law, corporate law, investment law, trade law, banking credit and security law.

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Financial Reporting and International Accounting The role of accounting and disclosures in capital markets and assets valuation; value relevance of financial reporting; disclosure quality and cost of debt and equity; interactive effects of public reports and private investor/owner information in equity markets; accounting reforms in China and other emerging economies; disclosure quality and transparency in Asian capital markets on the cost of financing and foreign equity investments.

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Managerial Accounting and Information Systems Strategic cost management and value-chain analysis; activity-based costing/management; balanced scorecards; enterprise resources planning; managerial incentive compensation and performance evaluations; environmental cost analysis and reporting; and cost allocations and transfer pricing in the principal-agent setting; electronic commerce; internet corporate reporting and webcasting; IT for business fraud detection; technology diffusion; and value of IT.

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies Research Areas 1. Maritime Law and Shipping Finance Maritime law and legal policy; Marine insurance and risk management; Shipping financing and investment; Organization management in shipping. 2.

Maritime Studies Shipping and port management; Maritime safety and security; Maritime and logistics information technology; Regional competition in port and shipping; Maritime and port economics; Maritime environment.

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Operations Management International operations; Operations strategy; Production planning and control; Project management; Quality management; Data envelopment analysis; Forecasting; Scheduling; Linear and nonlinear optimization; Productivity analysis; and Technology management.

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Supply Chain Management Strategic planning for supply chain, Distribution channel management; Contract design for supply chain coordination, Supply chain decision support system Queueing and stochastic networks; Stochastics optimization, Outsourcing and strategic alliance; Demand management, Auction and game theory, Customer relationship management, Risk management Simulation

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Transport and Logistics Management Transport economics, Revenue management in transport; Facility layout and design, Warehousing and inventory management; Network design and optimization, Vehicle routing and dispatch; Multi-mode logistics, Terminal Design and Operations

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Management and Marketing

Research Areas 1. Management Information Systems E-commerce; decision and management support systems; web-based supply chain management systems; RFID technology adoption; IT strategies; data mining; knowledge management; and e-CRM.

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Marketing Cross-cultural marketing and innovation; impact of the Internet on the structure and performance of product and service markets; business-to-business marketing; channel and distribution management; international trade intermediaries; guanxi in the Chinese mainland; retail and brand management, customer relationship management (CRM); marketing financial services; service training/quality/loyalty; advertising strategies, integrated marketing communication in the Asia-Pacific region; eco-friendly consumption behaviour; partnering activities and cross-cultural negotiation; and pricing and competitive strategies.

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Organisational Behaviour / Human Resource Management Leadership, leader-member exchange theory, employee empowerment, cross-cultural management, organisational justice, top management team, performance appraisals, reward strategies, employee commitment, organisational communication and employee involvement, management of change, Industrial relations and trade union, age discrimination, equal employment opportunities, work-family conflicts, women in organisations, HRM and employee behaviour in China.

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Strategic Management / Public Sector Management Entrepreneurial competency; entrepreneurship; strategies of small and medium-sized companies; social networks; political strategy; joint venture management; innovation management; corporate environmental strategies; business ethics; creativity, technology development in China, enterprise reform in China, psychological analysis of strategic management, and mapping strategic cognitions. Corporate social and environmental responsibility in Hong Kong and China; public sector and health services management in Hong Kong and China; sustainable development and environmental management in Hong Kong and China; industrial pollution and control policy; non-profit organisation management.

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School of Accounting and Finance Potential Supervisors for the PhD Fellowship Scheme

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Name of Staff Prof. CS Agnes CHENG

Post Chair Professor

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Prof. Louis CHENG

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Prof. Wilson TONG

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Prof. Wayne YU

Professor

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Dr YC CHAN

Associate Professor

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Dr Timothy CHUE

Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

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Dr Andy CHUI

Associate Professor

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Dr Mike FUNG

Associate Professor

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Dr Simon FUNG

Associate Professor

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Dr JIANG Li

Associate Professor

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Dr LI Gang

Associate Professor

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Dr Mujtaba MIAN

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Dr Nancy SU

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Research Interests

Biography

- Value-Relevance/ Mispricing - Cash Flows and Accruals - Tax Avoidance/ Auditing

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/17

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http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/124

Mutual Funds Mergers & Acquisitions Index Options & Futures Financial Planning Privatization China Market Asian Equity Markets Return Anomalies Corporate Governance Corporate Finance Capital Markets Financial Accounting Market Microstructure Securities Offerings Asset Pricing

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/121

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/122

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/126

- Asset Pricing - International Finance - Accounting Information & Asset Prices - Financial Economics - Empirical Asset Pricing Model - International Finance - Emerging Stock Markets in the Pacific Basin Countries - Industrial Organization - Economic Time Series - Financial Economics

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/123

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Auditing Earnings Management Corporate Governance Corporate Finance Capital Markets

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/7

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Asset Pricing Derivatives Empirical Asset Pricing Role of Information Intermediaries in Financial Markets Behavioral Finance Earnings Quality Voluntary Disclosure Auditing Corporate Governance

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/23

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http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/18

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/19

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/20

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http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/24

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/26


Name of Staff

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Dr Steven WEI

Associate Professor

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Dr HUANG Yuan

Assistant Professor

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Dr Byoung KANG

Assistant Professor

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Dr Woojong LEE

Dr Walid SAFFAR

Research Interests

Biography

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Empirical Asset Pricing Market Anomaly Emerging Capital Market Empirical Accounting Role of Information Intermediaries in Financial Markets - Hedge Funds - Empirical Asset Pricing - Financial Econometrics

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/27

Valuation Corporate Governance Auditing Financial Reporting

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/39

Assistant Professor

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http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/48

Assistant Professor

- Privatization - Corporate Finance - Political Institutions and Connectedness - Auditor Choice

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/13

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/35

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/36

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Dr WAN Kam-ming

Assistant Professor

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Dr George WONG

Assistant Professor

- Corporate Decisions - Behavioral Corporate Finance

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/53

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Dr YAO Jun

Assistant Professor

- Corporate Finance - Corporate Governance

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/57

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Chinese Stock Markets Empirical Asset Pricing Financial Derivatives Financial Markets and Institutions

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/59

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Media in Financial Markets Executive Compensation Corporate Governance Financial Regulations

http://www.af.polyu.edu.hk/people/detail/127

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Dr ZHANG Shaojun

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Dr ZHANG Yong

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Executive Compensation Corporate Governance Financial Regulation Market Microstructure

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Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies Potential Supervisors for the PhD Fellowship Scheme Name of Staff

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Prof. CHENG, T.C. Edwin

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Prof. LI, Chung-Lun

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Prof. YEUNG, Cheongleung Andy

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Prof. LU, Chin-Shan

Prof. YAN, Hong

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Chair Professor

Chair Professor Professor

Professor

Professor

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Dr NG, Chi-to Daniel

Associate Professor

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Dr GUO, Pengfei

Associate Professor

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Dr JIANG, Li

Associate Professor

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Dr LAI, Kee Hung Mike

Associate Professor

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Dr LUO, Meifeng

Associate Professor

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Dr PANG, King Wah Anthony

Associate Professor

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Dr XU, Zhou

Associate Professor

Research Interests - E-business and E-commerce - Information Systems Management - Innovation and Technology Management - Operations Management - Quality Management - Scheduling Science - Supply Chain Management - Logistics - Supply Chain Management - Operations Management - Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Quality Management -

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Shipping Operations and Management Port Operations and Management International Logistics and Supply Chain Management Maritime Safety, Sustainable Development in Shipping and Port Operations Management and Operations Research Supply Chain Management Environmental Issues in Operations Management Engineering Management Scheduling Hotel Logistics Optimisation Logistics Supply Chain Management Service Operations Management Queueing Economics Operations Management in Public Sector including Health Care, Security Checking System and Humanitarian Logistics Manufacturing Flexibility Consumer Search Multi-Channel Retailing Network Design and Analysis Freight Market Analysis Logistics and Shipping Management Quality Management

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Maritime Economics and Policy Liner Shipping Market Analysis Port Competition Container Port Demand Analysis and Forecast Maritime Environment and Policy Economics and Econometrics Agent-based Simulation Modeling Operations Management Supply Chain Management Optimization & Heuristic Algorithms Logistics and Supply Chain Management Optimization Transportation Procurement Information Systems

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Name of Staff 13

Dr YE, Hengqing

Associate Professor

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Dr YIP, T. L.

Associate Professor

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Dr GAN, Xianghua

Assistant Professor

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Dr LEE, Peter K C

Assistant Professor

Research Interests - Stochastic Modeling - Supply Chain Management - Shipping Finance and Investment Analysis - Ports & Terminals - Commercial Shipping - Transport Risk - Low Carbon Logistics - Purchasing and Supply Chain Management - Inventory Management - Applied Game Theory - Operations Management - Relationship Management in Supply Chains

Assistant Professor

- Trade and Logistics - Shipping Management and Container Transport

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Dr LUN, Venus

Post

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Dr NG, Jim Mi Jimmy

Assistant Professor

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Dr WAN, Sarah

Assistant Professor

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Dr WANG, Yulan Amanda

Assistant Professor

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Dr YANG, Bibo

Assistant Professor

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Dr ZHAO, Liang

Assistant Professor

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Dr ZHU, Ling

Assistant Professor

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Risk Management in Transport Logistics Legal Aspects of e-Business in Logistics Shipping and Logistics Law Arbitration and Mediation Transportation Economics and Policy Seaport Competition Air Transport Management Airport Pricing and Regulation Airline Competition and Strategic Alliance Environmental Issues in Aviation Supply Chain Management Operations-Marketing Interface

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Project Management New Product and Service Development Operations Management Emergency Management Carriage of Goods Law Marine Insurance International Sale of Goods Chinese Law Maritime Law Marine Pollution Law Multimodal Transportation Law


Department of Management and Marketing Potential Supervisors for the PhD Fellowship Scheme Name of Staff

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Prof. Gerald GORN

Prof. Jason SHAW

Prof. JJ HSIEH

Prof. HUANG Xu

Prof. Carlos LO

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Chair Professor

Chair Professor

Professor

Professor

Professor

Research Interests

Biography

- Consumer Inferences and Attitudes - Sensory Marketing - Social Marketing

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content.p hp?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=97

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http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content.p hp?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=96

Team Effectiveness The Psychology of Pay Organizational Turnover Person-Environment Congruence Issues

- Digital Divide - Adoption and Diffusion of Innovation - IT Usage Behaviors - Customer Relationship Management Systems - Knowledge Management - Empowerment - Leadership - Organisational Justice - Cross-cultural Organisational Psychology - Management Issues in China

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content.p hp?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=25

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http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content.p hp?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=60

Corporate Social Responsibility Environmental Management Law and Government in China Public Sector Management

E-Commerce Decision Support Systems Social Computing Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Knowledge Management & Innovation - IT Governance - RFID and Energy & Environmental Informatics Research

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content.p hp?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=70

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http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content.p hp?id=22&content=role&aid=76&mode=23

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Prof. Eric NGAI

Dr Flora GU

Professor

Associate Professor

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=26

B2B Relationship Management Distribution Channels Guanxi in the Chinese Context International Marketing

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Dr XU Xin

Dr Kimmy CHAN

Dr JIANG Yuwei

Dr Wing LAM

Dr LIU Wu

Dr TANG Yi

Dr ZHANG Xubing

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

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IT Service Management IT Innovation and Consumers Human Computer Interaction Mobile Computing Social Media and Business Analytics

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=76&mode=41

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Services Marketing Customer-Staff Proximity Customer-Firm Affection Service Failure and Recovery Customer Co-Production Service Strategy

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=13

- Social Influence and Consumer Behavior - Psychology of Time and Money - Visual Information Processing - Sensory Marketing - Metacognitive Experiences

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=76

- Proactive Behavior in Organization - Leadership - Emotional Labor - Human Resource Management Issues in China

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=46

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http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=57

Employee Voice Behavior Top Management Teams Leadership Negotiation Cross-Cultural Management Conflict Management

- Social Networks Within and Across Organizations - Categories, Identities and Status in Market Contexts - Organizational Learning - Upper Echelons Theory

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=77

- Analytical and empirical research in retailing practices - Distribution channels - Internet marketing - Advertising - Pricing and competitive strategies

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/mm/mm_dev/content. php?id=22&content=role&aid=1&mode=33

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