Research Seminar | Meaningful work: A systematic review unifying 20 years of theoretical and substantive contributions (2000–2020)

In the research seminar held on May 18, 2022, Dr. Kim-Lim Tan started his talk by asking the audience (comprising staff and student from DBM, DCC and ACE) one question “Is your work meaningful?” Dr Tan highlighted that while this question is not new, it has gained more important recently especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are asking themselves on the value of work that it br...

2022/05/31

DBM Assistant Professor Dr Wang Peng publishes paper in UTD 24 top journal

Dr Wang Peng, an Assistant Professor of UIC's Division of Business and Management (DBM), published a paper titled "Two-sided effects of state equity: The survival of Sino–foreign IJVs" in Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) as the first author. It is the third replication study published by the JIBS in history and the first since 2000.The impact factors of JIBS are ranked sixth am...

2022/05/18

Winning national 2nd place, UICers advance to L’Oréal Brandstorm global semi-final

Two UIC students, Zheng Dazhong and Guan Jieying, teamed up with Zeng Manqin from South China University of Technology, participated in L’Oréal Brandstorm’s China session, and won the 2nd place in the national competition with their CwiD makeup project.(From left) CwiD team members: Zheng Dazhong, Zeng Manqin and Guan JieyingThe team is qualified for the international semi-final that will be ...

2022/05/10

Research Seminar | Chinese SOE and Employment

On 13 April, the Division of Business and Management (DBM) arranged a research seminar titled “Achieving stability and prosperity—the Chinese way" given by Dr. Alex Ng. Dr. Ng has decades of teaching experience at Thompson Rivers University. He is an expert on finance and corporate social responsibility / sustainability. His current research interests include China finance, the Belt and Road ...

2022/04/27

Guest lecture | China´s Digital Yuan: Analysis and Opportunities for the Greater Bay Area

On 20 April, the Division of Business and Management (DBM) arranged a guest lecture given by Dr. Oriol Caudevilla. The lecture was titled, “China´s Digital Yuan: Analysis and Opportunities for the Greater Bay Area ".Dr. Wu Minyu, FIN Program Director, giving a welcome speechDr. Oriol works as Co-Leader of the Financial Inclusion and CBDCs Working Groups at the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Foru...

2022/04/26

Event Review: DBM Reading Week Lecture Series

From April 6 to April 8, 2022, DBM organized a series of lectures for the Reading Week, which enriched students' learning experience.Let's look back on these lectures:Lecture 1:Positions, evaluations, promotion paths, and development paths in U.S. high-tech companiesMr. Shi Yonghong, Meta (Facebook) Software Engineer, shared the positions, evaluations, promotion paths, and development paths in...

2022/04/26

Reading Week Lecture 1: Positions, evaluations, promotion paths, and development paths in U.S. high-tech companies

On April 6th, Mr. Yonghong Shi, the software engineer and technical director of Meta (Facebook), delivered a lecture on "Career, Evaluation, Promotion, and Development of High-tech Companies in the United States" on the UIC campus. Before Mr. Shi’s lecture, Dr. Don Chai, the Program Director of the e-Business Management and Information Systems, gave a welcome speech.The lectureMr. Shi started ...

2022/04/25

Reading Week Lecture 2: Application prospect of machine learning and data science in biomedicine and cancer treatment

On the morning of April 7th, Dr. Shibiao Wan, from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, delivered a lecture on "The Application Prospect of Machine Learning and Data Science in Biomedical and Cancer Treatment" on the UIC campus. Before Dr. Wan’s lecture, Dr. Junyi Chai,the Program Director of the e-Business Management and Information Systems, gave a welcome speech.Dr. Wan started his speech...

2022/04/25