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2025 Inaugural ASU-HKU Interdisciplinary Conference

16 January, 2025 - 17 January, 2025

Collab Logo: HKUBS 

Theme: Stakeholder, Society, Governance

 

16 January 2025 – Day 1
08:30-09:00 Coffee and Registration
09:00-09:20 Keynote Address by ASU Representative

  • Amy Hillman, Professor and Chair in Strategy, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University

Introduction by HKU Representative

  • Roni Michaely, Associate Dean (Global Engagement) and Professor of Finance, University of Hong Kong
Session 1 – Chair: Amy Hillman, Professor and Chair in Strategy, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University
09:20-10:05 Uta Schönberg, Professor and Chair of Economics, University of Hong Kong
“Colleagues and the Child Penalty”
10:05-10:35 Coffee Break
Session 2 – Chair: Kalok Chan, Dean of College of Business and Chair Professor of Finance, City University of Hong Kong
10:35-11:20 Seth Pruitt, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Arizona State University
“The Cost of ESG Investing”
11:20-12:05 Qiang Cheng, Dean and Chair Professor of Accounting, Singapore Management University
“ESG Reporting Divergence”
12:05-13:40 Lunch
Session 3 – Chair: Sudipto Dasgupta, Professor, Department of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong
13:40-13:55 Ruishen Zhang, Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Hong Kong
“Enhancing Scope 3: Climate Risk Propagation over Networks”
13:55-14:10 Shirley Lu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
“Market Response to Corporate Emissions Targets”
14:10-14:25 Zoey Zhou, Assistant Professor of Sustainable and Green Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
“Biodiversity Co-Benefits in Carbon Markets? Evidence from Voluntary Offset Projects”
14:25-14:40 Jian Zhang, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Hong Kong
“The Surprising Green Performance of Retail Investors: A New (Behavioral) Channel”
14:40-15:00 Mini break
Session 4 – Chair: Nancy Su, Head and Professor, School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
15:00-15:15 Christine Shropshire, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University
Amy Hillman, Professor and Chair in Strategy, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University
“When thieves band together: Predicting the success of activist hedge-fund campaigns” 
15:15-15:30 Jonathan Bundy, Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University
“Stakeholder humility: Integrating both instrumental and moral engagement”
15:30-15:45 Ilona Babenko, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Arizona State University
“Mega-Donors and Representation of the wealthy in the wake of Citizens United”
15:45-16:00 Ashok Mishra, Professor & Chair in Food Management, Morrison School of Agribusiness, Arizona State University
“Does CEOs’ early life famine experience promote corporate social performance? Evidence from China”
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
Session 5 – Chair: Echo Wan, Professor of Marketing, University of Hong Kong
16:30-17:15 Sara Kim, Area Head and Professor of Marketing, University of Hong Kong
“Decoding Consumer Beliefs: The Carbon Footprint of Hedonic Products”
17:15-18:00 Eric Zou, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan
“Scaling Sustainability with Consumer Clicks”

 

 

17 January 2025 – Day 2
08:30-09:00 Coffee and Registration
09:00-09:15 Keynote Address by HKU Representative and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

  • Hongbin Cai, Dean of HKU Business School and Chair of Economics, University of Hong Kong
09:15-10:05 Keynote Presentation –
Franklin Allen, Professor of Finance and Economics, Imperial College London
“Reducing Carbon using Regulatory and Financial Market Tools”
Session 6 – Chair: Dragon Tang, Professor of Finance, University of Hong Kong
10:05-10:50 Thomas Bates, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Arizona State University
“Under Pressure: The Increasing Turnover-Performance Sensitivity for Corporate Directors”
10:50-11:20 Coffee Break
Session 7 – Chair: Don Lange, Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University
11:20-12:05 Heli Wang, Professor of Strategic Management, Singapore Management University
“Policy on Multiple Grand Challenges and Firm Responses: Evidence from China’s Environmental and Digital Mandates” 
12:05-12:50 Guojun He, Professor of Economics, University of Hong Kong
“Media Competition, Media Capture, and Pollution in China”
12:50-14:00 Lunch
Session 8
14:00-15:00 Practitioner’s panel on ESG Measurement and Reporting 
– Moderator: Guojun He, Professor of Economics, University of Hong Kong

 

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16 January, 2025
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17 January, 2025
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