CKGSB Faculty

CKGSB Faculty

Globally acclaimed professors with
exceptional insight into China

Li Wei

Professor of Economics
Associate Dean for Asia
Director of the Case Center
Director of China Economy and Sustainable Development Center at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

SUN Baohong

Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing
Director of the CIM Center
Associate Dean for CKGSB Americas
PhD, University of Southern California

Expertise from the East with deep experience from the West

CKGSB unites expertise from the East with deep experience from the West through engaging its world-class faculty members, a large percentage of whom are natives of China and have held tenured or senior positions at top institutions such as Harvard, Wharton and Stanford prior to joining the school.

CKGSB’s 40+ full-time, resident professors will help you to better understand the complex Chinese business landscape.

SUN Baohong

Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing
Director of the CIM Center
Associate Dean for CKGSB Americas
PhD, University of Southern California

An academic body unlike any
other in the world

40+

Full-Time Faculty

50%

Tenured at Top Schools

110

Global Awards

500+

Case Studies

CKGSB Faculty

CAO Huining

Professor of Finance and Chair of Finance Department, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhDs, UCLA and Yale

Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Cryptocurrencies, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments, Microstructure, Options Pricing, International Finance

CHEN Long

Professor of Managerial Practice in Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Toronto

Applied Asset Pricing Theory, Corporate Financing, Corporate Strategy, Empirical Asset Pricing, Futures Trading, Internet Finance

CHEN Yaru

Visiting Professor of Management, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Columbia University

Cultural Interactions, Global Negotiations, Status and Power in Organizations

CHO Dong-Sung

Visiting Professor of Strategy, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

DBA, Harvard Business School

Strategy Development and Implementation, Competitive Strategy, Corporate Philosophy, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Culture, Business-Government Relations, International Business Operations, Joint Venture, Export and International Marketing, International Resources Development

Hong CHEN

Professor of Management Science, Associate Dean for Business Scholars Program, Associate Dean for CKGSB Americas, Director of Research Center for Clean Energy and Carbon Neutral Development, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Clean Energy Market and Finance, and Carbon Reduction in Supply Chain; Modeling, Optimization and Empirical Analysis of Supply Chain Management, and Healthcare Management; Corporate Finance, Real Estate

Joy Chen

Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Stanford University

Economic History, Political Economy, Chinese Economy

LIU Jing

Professor of Accounting and Finance, Director of Investment Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Columbia University

Corporate Finance, Economic Reforms, Financial Accounting, Investments, Real Estate

NA Ke

Assistant Professor of Accounting, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Rochester

Executive Compensation and Incentives, Financial Reporting and Disclosure, Corporate Taxation

QI Daqing

Professor of Accounting, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Michigan State University

Financial Reporting, IPOs, Profit Manipulation, Quantitative Strategic Management, Telecommunications

XUE Yunkui

Professor of Accounting, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Southwest University

Accounting Information Systems, Accounting Rules, Accounting Theory, Financial Accounting

ZHANG Weining

Associate Professor of Accounting, Executive Academic Director for Executive Education Programs, Executive Academic Director for MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD of Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas

Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Corporate Disclosure, Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, Financial and Managerial Accounting, Internet

Joy Chen

Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Stanford University

Economic History, Political Economy, Chinese Economy

FAN Xinyu

Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of California, Los Angles (UCLA)

Game theory, political economy, industrial organization, economic history

LI Wei

Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia, Director of the Case Center, Director of China Economy and Sustainable Development Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Corruption, Financial Markets, Macroeconomics, Managerial Incentives and Market Competition, Real Estate, Reform, Taxation, Telecommunications Privatization, Valuation in Emerging Markets

TAO Zhigang

Professor of Strategy and Economics, Associate Dean for Global Programs, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD. Princeton University

Economics of Strategy and Organization, China Business and Economy, International Economics

Brian VIARD

Associate Professor of Strategy and Economics, Executive Academic Director for MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Chicago

Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Competitive Strategy

WANG Yijiang

Professor of Human Resource Management and Economics, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Development, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Harvard University

Chinese Economy, Economics and Human Resource Management, Money and Public Finance, Organization Theory,  Workers’ Welfare

YU Gang

Professor of Management Practice of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

E-commerce, Healthcare, Internet, Internet Strategies, Logistics, Supply Chain

CAO Huining

Professor of Finance and Chair of Finance Department, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhDs, UCLA and Yale

Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Cryptocurrencies, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments, Microstructure, Options Pricing, International Finance

CHEN Long

Professor of Managerial Practice in Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Toronto

Applied Asset Pricing Theory, Corporate Financing, Corporate Strategy, Empirical Asset Pricing, Futures Trading, Internet Finance

GAN Jie

Professor of Finance, Director of Center on Finance and Economic Growth, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Asset Pricing, Automation, Banking, China’s Industrial Economy, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Regulation, Manufacturing, Stock Markets

HE Hua

Professor of Financial Practice, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Capital Markets, Equities, Equilibrium Asset Pricing, Fixed Income Trading, Investment Management, Securities Markets

HUANG Chunyan (Jennifer)

Professor of Finance, Academic Director for MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Corporate Finance, Government Debt, Internal Capital Allocation, Investment Strategy, Liquidity and Asset Pricing, Mutual Funds, Stock Market Crashes, Taxes

Jin Zhao

Assistant Professor of Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD in Finance, University of Rochester

Venture Capital and Private Equity, M&A, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Artificial Intelligence

XIANG Bing

Founding Dean, Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Alberta

Economic Disruption, Business in China, Constructive Innovations, Global Implications of China’s Economic Transformation, Innovation and Globalization by Chinese Companies, Innovation in Management Education, Reform of SOEs, Relationship Between State and Business, Role of Private Sector in China

WANG Yijiang

Professor of Human Resource Management and Economics, Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Development, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Harvard University

Chinese Economy, Economics and Human Resource Management, Money and Public Finance, Organization Theory,  Workers’ Welfare

TU Weiming

CKGSB Honorary Professor, Chairman of the CKGSB Committee on the Humanities, Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy of Confucian Studies at Harvard University

Chinese History, Confucian Philosophy

WANG Jianbao

Research Fellow and Director of the Center for the Humanities and Business Ethics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Ph.D. in Philosophy, Peking University

Humanities and Business Ethics

Jianwen (Jon) Liao

Professor of Managerial Practice, Former Associate Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Former Chief Strategy Officer of JD.com

Strategic Planning and Execution, Partnerships, Investment, Innovation, Corporate Branding and Communications

SUN Tianshu 孙天澍

Visiting Professor of Information Systems, Director of the Center for Digital Transformation, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Digital Transformation, Digital Platform Strategy, Digital Technology (Cloud Computing, Big Data, SaaS/PaaS), Data Science & Data-driven Decision-Making (Causal Inference, Experiment, ML/AI), Digital Economy and Data Regulation, Internet Platforms and Fintech, Information Systems and Enterprise Software, Omni-channel Retail, Manufacturing and Supply Chain

CHEN Yaru

Visiting Professor of Management, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Columbia University

Cultural Interactions, Global Negotiations, Status and Power in Organizations

Hong CHEN

Professor of Management Science, Associate Dean for Business Scholars Program, Associate Dean for CKGSB Americas, Director of Research Center for Clean Energy and Carbon Neutral Development, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Clean Energy Market and Finance, and Carbon Reduction in Supply Chain; Modeling, Optimization and Empirical Analysis of Supply Chain Management, and Healthcare Management; Corporate Finance, Real Estate

Edward Tse

Professor of Managerial Practice of Strategy, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD University of California, Berkeley

FU Chengyu

Professor of Management Practice of Governance and Innovations at Large Corporations, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Innovation in SOEs

Song Zhiping

Professor of Management Practice, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD in Engineering Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

State-owned Enterprise Market Management, Integration and Optimization, Grid Control, Corporate Government

Weilei (Stone) Shi

Professor of Managerial Practice, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Ph.D. in Strategic Management, University of Pittsburgh

Areas of Expertise: Corporate Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Internationalization, Strategy Implementation, Strategic Alliance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy in Emerging Economies, Digitalization Transformation Strategy, ESG Investment.

Xinlei CHEN

Professor of Marketing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Minnesota

New Empirical Industry Organization, Learning Models, Structural Modeling of Consumer Choice and Firm Strategies (Pricing, Advertising and Promotion), Channel Choice, Entertainment Industry (Movie, Video Games), Social Network

Christopher K. Hsee

Dean's Distinguished Chair Visiting Professor of Marketing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Ph.D. (psychology), Yale University

Psychology of Judgment and Decision-making, Consumer Psychology, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Emotion, Happiness and Subjective Wellbeing, Cross-culture Psychology, Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Game Theory

JING Bing

Associate Professor of Marketing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, University of Rochester

E-Commerce, Product Customization, Product Differentiation, Product Line Design and Pricing, Word of Mouth Marketing

LI Yang

Associate Professor of Marketing, Academic Director for Executive Education Programs, Academic Director for MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Columbia Business School

Machine Learning, Bayesian Nonparametrics, Big Data, Choice Modeling, Text Mining, Recommender Systems

SUN Baohong

Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, University of Southern California

Big Data Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Trends, Customer Relationship Management, Digital Branding and Marketing, Dynamic Structural Models and Interactive Marketing Mix, E-commerce, Pricing Strategy, Social Commerce

ZHU Rui (Juliet)

Professor of Marketing
Director of ESG and Social Innovation Center
Member of the Board of Supervisors of the Cheung Kong Education Development Foundation
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Minnesota

Behavioral science, Social Innovation, Business-for-Good, Prosocial Behavior

LI Lede (Lode)

Emeritus Professor, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Northwestern University

Game Theory, Management of International Manufacturing Networks, Operations Management and Strategy, Service Operations, Stochastic Process and Control, Supply Chain Management

OU Jihong

Associate Professor of Operations Management, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Analytics for Managers, Business Process Management, Production/Inventory Systems, Queuing Analysis and Control, Statistics, Stochastic Modeling and Analysis, Supply Chain Management

ZHENG Yusheng

Emeritus Professor, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Columbia University

Financial Models, Inventory Management, Manufacturing Operations, Service Operations, Supply Chain Management

ZHU Leon Yang

Professor of Operations Management, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Florida

Policy and Mechanism Design, Game Theory, Applied Optimization

ZHANG Xiaomeng

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Associate Dean for EMBA Program, Associate Dean for Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity, Academic Director for Executive Education, Director of the Research Center for Leadership, Behavioral Science & Inclusivity, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Corporate Governance, Creativity and Innovation, C-suite Motivation, Empowerment, Interactional Relationships, Leadership, Leader Support, Motivation

CHO Dong-Sung

Visiting Professor of Strategy, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

DBA, Harvard Business School

Strategy Development and Implementation, Competitive Strategy, Corporate Philosophy, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Culture, Business-Government Relations, International Business Operations, Joint Venture, Export and International Marketing, International Resources Development

Edward Tse

Professor of Managerial Practice of Strategy, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD University of California, Berkeley

Jianwen (Jon) Liao

Professor of Managerial Practice, Former Associate Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Former Chief Strategy Officer of JD.com

Strategic Planning and Execution, Partnerships, Investment, Innovation, Corporate Branding and Communications

Weilei (Stone) Shi

Professor of Managerial Practice, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Ph.D. in Strategic Management, University of Pittsburgh

Areas of Expertise: Corporate Strategy, Competitive Strategy, Internationalization, Strategy Implementation, Strategic Alliance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy in Emerging Economies, Digitalization Transformation Strategy, ESG Investment.

TAO Zhigang

Professor of Strategy and Economics, Associate Dean for Global Programs, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD. Princeton University

Economics of Strategy and Organization, China Business and Economy, International Economics

TENG Bingsheng

Professor of Strategic Management, Associate Dean for Strategic Research, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, City University of New York

Chinese Firms' Global Strategies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, M&A, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Management

The CKGSB Business Conditions Index

Professor Li Wei

Since 2011, the CKGSB Business Conditions Index has been conducted monthly to gauge the business sentiment of executives regarding the macro-economic environment in China.

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The CKGSB Business Sentiment Index

Professor Gan Jie

CKGSB’s Center on Finance and Economic Growth surveys 2,000+ Chinese companies within the industrial sector every quarter to provide comprehensive, independent data.

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The CKGSB Investor Sentiment Survey

Professor Liu Jing

Conducted in 13 major cities in China with 2500 valid samples, the quarterly survey gauges investor sentiment and expectations in the capital market.

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Zhu Rui: Why I Decided to Write a Book on Sustainable Business

Zhu Rui

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/d39ddcb41c1ae3c55a/d0a7c4d411943225?autoPlay=true

Chunsheng Zhou: My book on China’s Digital Economy and Limitless Supply

Chunsheng Zhou

https://videos.sproutvideo.com/embed/799ddab1191de4c1f0/5f0c7ff9425f3948?autoPlay=true

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