Prof Roman Matousek Prof Roman Matousek, professor of Banking and Finance from the University of Kent, UK, analysed the roots and consequences of the global financial crisis that unfolded in 2007-2008 for a UIC audience on 23 February. Prof Matousek is a member of the prestigious Chartered Association of Business Schools International Committee. He served as Head of Research and Director of t...

 Sustainability has become economic and strategic imperative with potential to create opportunities and risks for businesses, says Prof Zabihollah Rezaee at his lecture Business Sustainability Research, Education and Practice at UIC on 19 December.Prof Rezaee is the Thompson-Hill Chair of Excellence, PhD coordinator and Professor of Accountancy at the University of Memphis, the USA.He explain...

At the 2016 HKICPA QP Case Analysis Competition held in Beijing on 4 December, a team from UIC’s Division of Business and Management (DBM) won the Second Runner-up. Another team received the Best Written Report as well as the Merit Team Award. A third team from DBM also captured the Merit Team Award. The Second Runner-up team with Dean of DBM Prof Stella Cho This QP competition was organised b...

Prof Chow Hou Wee at UICNanyang Technological University Professor Chow Hou Wee spoke to a UIC audience on 9 November of the contrasts between Blue Ocean strategy and Porter’s Five Forces, with reference to the Chinese classic Sun Zi Bingfa (also rendered as The Art of War). Prof Wee, Head of the Division of Marketing and International Business at the university in Singapore, is best known f...

On 8 October, about 30 DBM students were invited to PwC Guangzhou Center to attend the Open Day. Students had a better understanding of the firm, gaining valuable insights into career structure in PwC. Accounting Programme Director Mr. Allan Yeung and DBM Students In the warming up section, students were asked to compose a poem in groups on the theme of leadership or innovation. DBM students ...

Winson Woo, the Partner of Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services in South China, gave a career talk about placement, internship opportunities and development at his firm for UIC students on 21 September. Mr Woo is also Director of the Information Systems Audit and Controls Association China Hong Kong Chapter.He mentioned that EY’s services are in a wide range of sectors and industries. The comp...

Mr. Jonathan Ng, Executive Director of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), delivered a professional talk on 14th September on campus. The topic of the talk was “Examination Techniques on QP Module Examinations”. Mr. Ng introduced the HKICPA Qualification Programme, QP workshops and shared with DBM students the examination techniques and major causes to examination ...

Ten teams from eight top-flight universities in Guangdong contended for the 2016 HSBC Mainland China Business Case Competition South China Section, held in Guangzhou on 24 April. A UIC team, consisting of four students from the Division of Business and Management (DBM), won the first runner-up prize. At the first round of the competition, the participants had two hours of preparation after rece...