Hi hiimmunish,
Hong Kong is not just a gateway to China but also an important Asian business hub. Our program is positioned to offer students exposure in both China and Asia business in the following areas. We encourage you to download our brochure to get a full picture here at the same time:
https://www.mba.ust.hk/enews/subscription/brochure.asp1. Faculty
Our adjunct faculty have considerable business experience operating in Asian markets and can share with studens their management experience in the region. E.g.,
- Prof Ron McEachern, Former CEO of PepsiCo Asia
- Prof Caroline Wang, Former Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Information Officer, IBM Asia Pacific
- Prof Chris Doran, CEO Asia, Strategic Thinking Group
2. Case studies
We not only use case studies from China but from other Asian countries as well in class so that students can discuss how to tackle challenges faced by different businesses. E.g.,
- Cathay Pacific: Doing more with less (Hong Kong)
- DeBeers: Diamonds are for Asia
- Unicapital (Philippines)
- Samsung China's entry strategy of color TV (South Korea)
- The Benevolent Benefactor - Temasek Holdings (Singapore)
- Walt Disney Company's Yen Financing (Japan)
- Singapore Middleman
3. Network
We have around 20% of students coming from Asian countries excluding China this year. More than 75% of our alumni are working in Hong Kong and other Asian countries excluding China such as Singapore, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Philippines, etc. Such a network will be an invaluable asset for our students in both short term and long term career development in the region.
- You can refer to P. 13 of our brochure to see which companies our alumni in Asia are now working in.
4. Field trips
Field trips to various countries in Asia are organized by our student clubs, career office or the native students for students to get a personal experience of working and living in that country. Earlier this year, the students went to Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, etc.
Hope the above helps. Any questions, just let us know.
HKUST MBA Admissions Team