GUANGZHOU IN-PERSON INFORMATION SESSION AND SAMPLE CLASS: “ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZATION: INDUSTRIAL ERA, DIGITAL ERA, AND AI ERA”

 

You are invited to join the Guangzhou in-person information session of the 12-time World No.1 Executive MBA program, where you will

  • learn about our Unique Program Design;
  • discover how our World-Class Program will help you achieve your career goals; 
  • find out how you can be part of our “High-Impact, Low-Ego” class.
     

You will also join a sample class with our world-class faculty, Professor Xinyu Hua. 

 

Event Details


Date: May 23rd, 2026 (Saturday) 

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. GMT+8

Venue: HKUST (Guangzhou) Campus (Map)

 

Topic

Economics of Organization: Industrial Era, Digital Era, and AI Era

 

Synopsis

This lecture delves into the critical question of how companies should effectively structure their organizations in light of evolving economic contexts. We will explore organizational strategies across three pivotal eras: the Industrial Era, the Digital Era, and the emerging AI Era. In particular, we will first analyze some cases in the Industrial and Digital Eras, highlighting how organizations approached centralization versus decentralization and delegated authority among different managers. Subsequently, we will examine frontier research in economics that forecasts the transformative impact of AI on organizational strategies, including the design of incentives and organization scale. 

 

About the Speaker

Professor Hua is the academic director of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program. He received his PhD degree in managerial economics and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. After joining HKUST, he has been teaching courses about economics and strategy for the MSc, MBA, Bilingual EMBA, and Kellogg-HKUST EMBA programs. He won the “Franklin Award for Teaching Excellence” in the HKUST Business School for five times.

Professor Hua’s areas of research include law and economics, industrial organization, and strategy, with recent work on platforms and AI governance. He served as an Associate Editor of the RAND Journal of Economics from Oct 2020 to Sep 2023. He also worked on some consulting projects for the anti-trust authority in China and some companies in Hong Kong.   

 

Schedule (11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) 

         Program Introduction by
         Judy Au
         Program Director
         Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program 
 

         Alumni Sharing and Mingling Cocktail 
 

         Sample Class with
         Professor Xinyu Hua 
         Academic Director of Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program
         Associate Professor of Economics
         HKUST Business School
         The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
         

 

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