An introduction to HKUST IEMS (Institute for Emerging Markets)

1. Thought Leadership on
Emerging Markets
The mission of the HKUST Institute for Emerging Market
Studies (IEMS) is to provide thought leadership on key
issues facing businesses and policy makers in emerging
market countries. The Institute was established in 2013
with generous financial support from EY.
MISSION AND GOALS
To realize its mission, HKUST IEMS has three main goals.
The first is to generate new knowledge by promoting
high-quality research on issues of practical importance to
businesses and governments in emerging markets. The
Institute provides financial support for faculty research and
develops collaborations with research partners worldwide.
The second is to communicate relevant research findings
to the business and public policy communities through
policy briefs, newsletters, and events, in order to have
maximum impact on the public discourse on emerging
markets. Finally, the Institute aims to provide a platform for
increasing knowledge, awareness, and exchange of ideas
among academics, the business community, government
and non-governmental organizations, and the public.
Conference on Challenges of Population
Aging in Asia with the World Bank
Human capital, employment, and
structural change
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Global economic integration
Financial development
Corporate governance
University-Industry Linkages
in Indonesia and Vietnam: A
Comparative Perspective
Social Networks and the Geographic
Pattern of EMNC Expansion Overseas
Entrepreneurship in Emerging
Economies: Unpacking the CEO-
Board Relationship in New Ventures
Market Access and Capital Structure:
Evidence from China
College Majors and Career
Trajectories during China’s Economic
Transformation
Can the Poor be Incentivised to Save?
A Study of Migrant Domestic Workers
in Hong Kong
Understanding Firms in Emerging
Transitional Economies: China and
Central-Eastern Europe Compared
Self-employment and
Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist
Transition Economies: A Comparative
Study of China, Russia, and Vietnam
since the 1990s
China’s International and
Intranational Risk-sharing
RESEARCH
THEMES
RESEARCH
SUPPORTED
IN 2014
HKUST IEMS & LAPP – EY Emerging Market Insights Series

2. FACULTY ASSOCIATES (AS OF JANUARY 2015)
Associates Department
BAARK, Erik Social Science
CHO, Hye Jee Social Science
CHOI, Joon Nak Management
COOK, David Economics
DALTON, Amy N. Marketing
GARG, Sam Management
GOYAL, Vidhan K. Finance
HAN, Li Social Science
HE, Guojun Social Science; Environment; Economics
HUI, Kai-Lung
Information Systems, Business Statistics &
Operations Management
HUNG, Mingyi Accounting
KUNG, James K.S. Social Science
KWOK, James S.H.
Information Systems, Business Statistics &
Operations Management
LAI, Edwin Economics
LEUNG, Siu Fai Economics
LI, Jiatao (J.T.) Management
LI, Xi Accounting
LI, Yao Amber Economics
LIN, Yimin Social Science
MACKAY, Peter Finance
MUKHERJEE, Abhiroop Finance
NASIRY, Javad
Information Systems, Business Statistics &
Operations Management
NGAI, Rachel HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
PARK, Albert Social Science
PISSARIDES, Christopher HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
SAUTMAN, Barry Social Science
SHARIF, Naubahar Social Science
SHIMOKAWA, Satoru Social Science
SULLIVAN, Bilian N. Management
TSAI, Kellee Sing Social Science
VISARIA, Sujata Economics
WANG, Jin Social Science
WANG, Pengfei Economics
WANG, Wenbo Marketing
WANG, Yong Economics
WU, Xiaogang Social Science
XU, Juanyi Jenny Economics
ZHANG, Y. Jane Social Science
ZHAO, Jimin Social Science
ZWEIG, David Social Science
DIRECTORATE
Director Albert Park
Chair Professor of Social Science and
Professor of Economics
Associate
Director
Executive
Committee
Advisory Board
Peter MacKay
Associate Professor of Finance
Albert Park (Chair)
Director of HKUST IEMS
David Cook
Professor of Economics
Sam Garg
Assistant Professor of Management
Peter MacKay
Associate Director of HKUST IEMS
Kellee Sing Tsai
Professor of Social Science
Xiaogang Wu
Professor of Social Science
David Zweig
Chair Professor of Social Science
Jay Nibbe (Chair)
Global Vice Chair of Tax, EY
Ilse Blank
Global Economic Programs Leader, EY
Agnes Chan
Regional Managing Partner,
Hong Kong & Macau, EY
James Z Lee
Dean, School of Humanities and
Social Science, HKUST
Joseph Lee
Vice-President for Research and
Graduate Studies, HKUST
Jitendra V Singh
Dean, School of Business and
Management, HKUST
(852) 3469 2215
iems@ust.hk
Room 2019, Lo Ka Chung Building
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kowloon, Hong Kong
iems.ust.hk
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HKUST IEMS Thought Leadership Briefs provide policy
recommendations on key issues facing emerging markets.
Published briefs include:
• Wage Discrimination in Urban China: How Hukou Status
Affects Migrant Pay
• Localizing Chinese Enterprises in Africa: from Myths to
Policies
• Foreign Banks in Emerging Markets: Advantage or
Impediment?
• Helping Microfinance Fulfill its Promise – Raising borrower
Incomes through Agent-Intermediated Lending
• Green Lifestyle Adoption: Shopping without Plastic Bags
• Innovate or Die: How Hong Kong-owned Manufacturing
Firms in China Can Survive and Thrive
Available at http://iems.ust.hk/tlb
HKUST IEMS Working Papers present the latest
academic research findings of HKUST IEMS Faculty
Associates and visiting speakers.
Available at http://iems.ust.hk/wp
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