The contest, jointly organized by the Shanghai Economic Commission, Jing'an District and Harvard Business Review
Ten universities from across Asia were invited to compete in the prestigious competition, including HKUST, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China Europe International Business School, Fudan University, National University of Singapore, National Taiwan University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Tsinghua University. HKUST was the only
The case proposition for the contest was "How to Transform Jing'an
According to the judges, the HKUST team gave the most viable proposal, creating a proposition that both government officials and investors found attractive and feasible. After the contest, the District Mayor of Jing'an said that HKUST's "Door of Jing'an" proposal would be adopted by the government.
In developing their plan, the team players brought their diverse professional backgrounds and also applied the global MBA knowledge they've acquired from HKUST.
The team was made up of Francis, a Cathay Pacific Airways management trainee before her MBA and also a BBA undergraduate at HKUST; Klair, one of the recipients of the Jebsen Scholarship who finished her internship in Jebsen this summer; and Rebecca and Murli, interns at L'Oreal in
At HKUST, students are immersed in a truly international learning environment with MBA participants and faculty members both coming from more than 15 countries and regions. The 2006 HKUST MBA intake, for example, is made up of 19 different nationalities, including participants from as far away as
The unique HKUST MBA experience balances global vision with regional Asia/China perspectives. This perhaps explains why HKUST was the only team to present its plan in both Mandarin and English.
The international MBA experience at HKUST does not stop at case competitions. Team members, along with their fellow HKUST MBA classmates, also go on exchanges to one of 51 leading business schools in 15 countries and regions to widen their understanding of how the world works.
Francis and Rebecca will head for the
Located in Hong Kong, HKUST was the first business school in Asia to receive dual accreditation from AACSB International in the
To learn first-hand about this world class MBA program, come to meet HKUST MBA staff at the Shanghai MBA Fair today. More program details at the Website:
www.mba.ust.hk.
