Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

CUHK Tops the 2004 List of East Asia's Best MBA Schools F or three years in a row since 2002, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been ranked number one in East Asia by business magazine Asia Inc in its ranking of MBA schools. The results were released in the September 2004 issue of the magazine. The 2004 survey on ‘Asia's Best MBA Schools' by Asia Inc studied business schools which have a full-time MBA programme. The schools assessed fell into four geographical regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia/New Zealand. They were rated on the basis of school and faculty quality, student quality, and peer-reputation ranking. The Chinese University has again emerged as the No.1 MBA School in East Asia. CUHK Ranked Fourth Globally in International Business Research T he Chinese University was ranked f ou r th in international business research w o r l d w i de by Management International Review, a leading international business journal based in Germany. The survey ranked the p r oduc t i v i ty of business schools based on the total number of articles published in three top international business journals between 1996 and 2000. The j o u r n a ls are Management International Review, Journal of International Business Studies, a n d Journal of World Business. T h e r e s u l ts w e r e carried i n an article entitled ‘Ranking the I n t e r n a t i o n al Business Schools: Fa c u l ty Publication as the Measure', published i n Management International Review. The Chinese Un i v e r s i ty was r an k ed number one in Asia and number four globally, ahead of the Un i v e r s i ty of Pennsylvania, Ha r v a rd Business School, and N ew York University. The top three universities were all from North America. 'I am most delighted by the results,' said Prof. Lee Tien-sheng, dean of the CUHK Faculty of Business Adm i n i s t r a t i o n. ‘Our colleagues have done a lot of h i gh quality projects on international business research, especially on international business practice in Asian countries. These important research findings help strengthen Hong Kong's position as an international business centre.' Prof. Lau Chung-ming, chairman of the Department of Management, noted that the competitive advantage of the BA Faculty lies in its extensive research network. Since 2001, it has published 17 papers in the three journals, more than the sum of papers published between 1991 and 2000. Prof. Lau is confident that the faculty's excellent performance w i ll again be recognized in the next survey. Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2004 60