HKUST Family Business Center

The HKUST Family Office Seminar on S**C Investing hosted by the Tanoto Center last week was a great success. The Seminar began with an opening remark by the Center Director, Professor Winnie Peng. Thanks for the insightful sharing by our Guest Speaker, Mr. Stephen King, and all participants joining both online and offline.

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We are looking for high caliber candidates to fill in the following positions:

Research Assistant
Applicants should have solid research foundation in both qualitative and quantitative methods. He/she shall be competent in both English and Chinese, and assist in in family business/ family office research projects.

Academic qualification required: a master's degree or above in business-related disciplines.

View and apply for the position at https://bit.ly/2RcWTJj

Research Associate
Applicants should be highly proficient in written English, and well-versed in research tools for both quantitative and qualitative research methods. He/she shall support or coauthor with the faculty members in family business/ family office research projects. Research experience in financial or family business studies would be an advantage.

Academic qualification required: PhD degree in business-related disciplines

View and apply for the position at https://bit.ly/3ortJBn

Dear owners or family members of family businesses,

We are moving to the last week of response collection of our online survey “Millennials and the Family Business". If you haven't done the survey yet, we sincerely invite you to participate in it very soon. It is a joint study project among our Tanoto Center at HKUST, the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (USA), the Center of Family Businesses at ESE Business School, University of the Andes (Chile), ESADE (Spain), and Lansberg Gersick & Associates LLC. In mid-May, we will consolidate our findings collected from different regions and compile them into a research report.

To participate, please click the survey link below: https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eYgjW7k2lJ5tVcO

If you have any questions or comments regarding this survey, do not hesitate to contact us via [email protected]. We deeply appreciate your contribution to our research.

Professor Peng, PhD
Director of Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies at HKUST

A joint research report between the Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies at the HKUST Business School and the Asia Business Council “Extraordinary Endeavors in Turbulent Times: Asian Innovation, Inclusion, and Impact during COVID-19” is now released.

The eight companies that were selected for case research have more than 360,000 employees and assets of more than USD680 billion collectively. They are: Ayala Corp (Philippines), DatVietVAC Group Holdings (Vietnam), Esquel Group (Hong Kong), Lotte Group (South Korea), Yoma Group (Myanmar), Fubon Group (Taiwan), Lenovo Group (Mainland China), and Temasek Holdings (Singapore).

Online interviews with key decision makers were conducted in the second half of year 2020. The eight research articles analyzed how the companies responded to the pandemic in their own strategic, innovative, or impactful ways. They also demonstrated their resilience, adaptability and a keen desire to give back to society.

For details of the report, please check here: https://bit.ly/3dpxqUi. For further enquiries, please contact [email protected].

Prof Winnie Qian PENG, PhD
Center Director

Job Opening: Research Associate at the HKUST Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies

Applicants should have a PhD degree in business-related disciplines, be highly proficient in written English, and with a solid research foundation in both quantitative and qualitative methods.

You can view and apply for this job at https://bit.ly/3ortJBn

Job Opening

Under supervision of the Director of the HKUST Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, the Student Helpers would be responsible for searching and managing data on family businesses and family offices.

Requirements:

- Solid knowledge on family business would be an advantage
- Strong organization and communication skills
- Able to work independently
- Language Requirement (Written): English (For US data collection); English and Chinese (For Greater China data collection)

Field of Study Required:

Business related majors, Mathematics, Computer Science Engineering

Level of Qualification: Undergraduate

Application Method: E-mail Ms Tracy Wan via [email protected]

[Family Office Seminar on Investing under Pandemic]

Jointly organized by HKUST Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies and Oaktree Capital on Oct 15, 2020, this Seminar discussed about the investment opportunities and approaches under the current COVID-19 situation. Mr. Howard Marks, Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital and the author of “The Most Important Thing” and “Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side”, offered insights into the current investment landscape, where we were in the market cycle, and examined the opportunities and risks that should be on investors’ minds this year. The keynote speech was followed by an extensive 45-minute Q&A session with the participants.

The online Seminar was offered exclusively to friends of the Tanoto Center. Owners of various prominent family businesses joined the seminar: Royal Golden Eagle Group, Jebsen Group, Fok Ying Tung Group, Herald Holdings, Henderson Land Development, Harilela Group, Great Eagle Group, Fung Group, Nan Fung Group, Park Lane Group, Wheelock and Company, Peterson Group, RS Group, Blue Pool, Grace Financial, etc.

In recent years, family office has been one of the Tanoto Center’s research and teaching focuses. With the Center’s expertise and strong connections to family businesses and family offices in Asia, we will continue to conduct high quality, relevant and timely research, teaching and seminars in this field.

Interested in joining our future activities, or collaborating with us? Please PM us or reach us via [email protected]. You may also want to reach our Center Director, Prof. Winnie Peng.

[Launch of HKUST DBA Program]

While we are busy adapting to the changes and challenges of the “new normal”, we understand innovative insights are often created in difficult times. To help translate your visionary business insights into a meaningful business and societal impact, we feel glad to introduce you to the newly launched HKUST Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program.

This prestigious program is designed with a vision to develop talents who share HKUST’s aspiration of research excellence and wish to make an insightful influence through rigorous practice-driven research. Students will attain a portfolio of skills for applied research, and gain exposure to the latest business research trends across disciplines. The first cohort of the program commences in September 2021.

Please come and join the upcoming online Info Session & Research Talk

Date: November 3rd, 2020 (Tue)
Time: 7pm HKT
Program:
- Introduction to the 4-year-part time program
Academic Director Prof Shaohui Zheng and the program team
- Research sharing on “Irrational Investors”
Prof Utpal Bhattacharya, Chair Professor of the Department of Finance
- Q&A session

Registration: https://lnkd.in/gy2HDy2

Program Info: http://www.dba.ust.hk/

DBA Program

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[EdTech Investment: Edventures GBA Virtual Summit (3-4 Nov) and the concurrent Virtual Expo (23 Oct – 22 Nov)]

We are pleased to support the Summit and the Expo organized by Esperanza, a NGO founded by Mr John C Tsang, the former Financial Secretary of HKSAR Government, and its initiatives to promote EdTech startups and innovate the way we learn in the 21st century.

Free admission to the Summit and Expo: bit.ly/Edgba_Summit2020

Summit and Expo information: https://lnkd.in/dTY9f5s

Impact investment opportunities: bit.ly/edinvestorpass

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