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SUMMARY:2025 Inaugural ASU-HKU Interdisciplinary Conference
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Stakeholder\, Society\, Governance\n\n\nSign up for our live broadcast here \n\n\n\n\n16 January 2025 – Day 1\n\n\n08:30-09:00\nCoffee and Registration\n\n\n09:00-09:20\nKeynote Address by ASU Representative \n\nAmy Hillman\, Professor and Chair in Strategy\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University\n\nIntroduction by HKU Representative \n\nRoni Michaely\, Associate Dean (Global Engagement) and Professor of Finance\, University of Hong Kong\n\n\n\n\nSession 1 – Gender and the Workplace\nChair: Amy Hillman\, Professor and Chair in Strategy\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University\n\n\n09:20-10:05\nUta Schönberg\, Professor and Chair of Economics\, University of Hong Kong\n“Gender Norms\, Colleagues\, and the Child Penalty”\n\n\n10:05-10:35\nCoffee Break\n\n\nSession 2 – ESG Investment and Reporting\nChair: Kalok Chan\, Dean of College of Business and Chair Professor of Finance\, City University of Hong Kong\n\n\n10:35-11:20\nSeth Pruitt\, Associate Professor\, Department of Finance\, Arizona State University\n“The Cost of ESG Investing”\n\n\n11:20-12:05\nQiang Cheng\, Dean and Chair Professor of Accounting\, Singapore Management University\n“ESG Reporting Divergence”\n\n\n12:05-13:40\nLunch\n\n\nSession 3 – Carbon Markets and Climate Finance\nChair: Sudipto Dasgupta\, Professor\, Department of Finance\, Chinese University of Hong Kong\n\n\n13:40-13:55\nRuishen Zhang\, Assistant Professor of Accounting\, University of Hong Kong\n“Duration-driven Carbon Premium” \n\n\n13:55-14:10\nShirley Lu\, Assistant Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School\n“Market Response to Corporate Emissions Targets” (Reference: “Limited Accountability and Awareness of Corporate Emissions Target Outcomes”)\n\n\n14:10-14:25\nZoey Zhou\, Assistant Professor of Sustainable and Green Finance\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\n“Biodiversity Co-Benefits in Carbon Markets? Evidence from Voluntary Offset Projects”\n\n\n14:25-14:40\nJian Zhang\, Assistant Professor of Finance\, University of Hong Kong\n“The Surprising Green Performance of Retail Investors: A New (Behavioral) Channel”\n\n\n14:40-15:00\nMini break\n\n\nSession 4 – Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Governance\nChair: Nancy Su\, Head and Professor\, School of Accounting and Finance\, Hong Kong Polytechnic University\n\n\n15:00-15:15\nChristine Shropshire\, Associate Professor\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University\nAmy Hillman\, Professor and Chair in Strategy\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University“\n“When thieves band together: Predicting the success of activist hedge-fund campaigns“\n\n\n15:15-15:30\nJonathan Bundy\, Professor\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University\n“Stakeholder Humility: A New Approach to Stakeholder Engagement“\n\n\n15:30-15:45\nIlona Babenko\, Associate Professor\, Department of Finance\, Arizona State University\n“Mega-Donors and Representation of the wealthy in the wake of Citizens United”\n\n\n15:45-16:00\nMilo Wang\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University\n“Help the Poor? Firms’ Investment in Poverty Alleviation””\n\n\n16:00-16:30\nCoffee Break\n\n\nSession 5 – Consumer Perspectives\nChair: Echo Wan\, Professor of Marketing\, University of Hong Kong\n\n\n16:30-17:15\nSara Kim\, Area Head and Professor of Marketing\, University of Hong Kong\n“Decoding Consumer Beliefs: The Carbon Footprint of Hedonic Products”\n\n\n17:15-18:00\nEric Zou\, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy\, University of Michigan\n“Microgiving with Digital Platforms”\n\n\n18:00-\nDinner\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n17 January 2025 – Day 2\n\n\n09:00-09:30\nCoffee and Registration\n\n\n09:30-09:45\nKeynote Address by HKU Representative and Introduction of Keynote Speaker \n\nHongbin Cai\, Dean of HKU Business School and Chair of Economics\, University of Hong Kong\n\n\n\n\n09:45-10:35\nKeynote Presentation –\nFranklin Allen\, Professor of Finance and Economics\, Imperial College London\n“Reducing Carbon using Regulatory and Financial Market Tools”\n\n\n10:35 -11:00\nCoffee Break\n\n\nSession 6 – Corporate ESG Practices and Policy in China\n Chair: Dragon Tang\, Professor of Finance\, University of Hong Kong\n\n\n11:00-11:45\nGuojun He\, Professor of Economics\, University of Hong Kong\n“The Demand\, Supply\, and Market Responses of Corporate ESG Actions: Evidence from a Nationwide Experiment in China”\n\n\n11:45-12:30\nHeli Wang\, Professor of Strategic Management\, Singapore Management University\n“Policy on Multiple Grand Challenges and Firm Responses: Evidence from China’s Environmental and Digital Mandates”\n\n\n12:30-14:00\nLunch\n\n\nSession 7 – ESG Index Development and Practitioner Insights\nChair: Douglas Almond\, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs\, Columbia University\n\n\n\n14:00-15:00\nPractitioner’s panel on ESG Index Development and Methodology  \n\nModerator: Guojun He\, Professor of Economics\, University of Hong Kong\nPanelists:\n\n\n\nYi Chen\, Managing Director\, Head of Global Capital Markets\, and member of the ESG Committee for Haitong International Securities Group\, Hong Kong\nBi Cheng\, CTO\, YoujiVest\nMichele Leung\, Executive Director\, Head of Greater\, China ESG & Climate\, MSCI\nJeffrey Ng\, Professor of Accounting\, University of Hong Kong\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15:00-15:30\nCoffee Break\n\n\nSession 8 – Board Governance\nChair: Don Lange\, Professor\, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship\, Arizona State University\n\n\n15:30-16:15\nThomas Bates\, Associate Professor\, Department of Finance\, Arizona State University\n“Under Pressure: The Increasing Turnover-Performance Sensitivity for Corporate Directors”\n\n\n16:15-17:30\nHKU SSRN Best Working Paper Award Announcement and Happy Hour\n\n\n18:00-\nSmall-group Dinner (registered faculty members only)
URL:https://hkujcesgri.hku.hk/event/2025-inaugural-asu-hku-interdisciplinary-conference/
LOCATION:HKU iCube\, HKU iCube 4005-07\, Two Exchange Square\, Central\, Hong Kong
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