Latest Seminars

Strategic Competition in Two Currencies: Dollars and Points
Prof. Nanda Kumar, Professor of Marketing, The University of Texas at Dallas

Date 21.09.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 3005, 3/F, LSK Business Building

Next Frontiers of AI for Marketing Decision Making: Multimodality and Causality Meet with LLMs and Agentic AI
Prof. Xueming Luo, Charles Gilliland Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing, Temple University

Date 01.09.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

MPhil Thesis Examination
The Downside of Participatory CSR: How Crowdfunded Charity Initiatives Shape Brand Evaluations
Fanqi YANG, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 09.07.2026
Time 10:30 - 11:30pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

MPhil Thesis Examination
Moments Meant to Be Remembered: How Memory Efficacy Influence Consumption Enjoyment
Bingyan GUO, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 08.07.2026
Time 2:00 - 3:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

MPhil Thesis Examination
Optimizing Incentives for Forward-Looking Agents: An Application to Loyalty Program Design
Tao LI, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 26.06.2026
Time 10:30 - 11:30pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

PhD Thesis Examination
Sample Selection Bias in Marketing: An Empirical Study of Social Media Lotteries and A Copula Correction Method with R Software
Xindie HUANG, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 17.06.2026
Time 3:00 - 4:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

PhD Thesis Examination
Two Essays on Marketplace Responses to Age
Lu Fang, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 28.05.2026
Time 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

PhD Thesis Examination
Consumer-Centered Drivers of Sustainable Consumption: The Role of Compassion and Contamination Prevention Lay Beliefs
Alessandro BUFFOLI, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 21.05.2026
Time 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

How Do People Update Beliefs? Evidence From the Laboratory
Prof. Andrew Ching, Professor of Marketing, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University

Date 19.05.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

Hidden in Plain Sight: Consumer Response to Pseudo-Secrets in Marketing
Prof. Dafna Goor, Assistant Professor of Marketing, London Business School

Date 15.05.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 1003, 1/F, LSK Business Building

PhD Thesis Examination
Network and Multi-Channel Information Effects on Sales: Insight from Digital Platforms and Offline Markets
Yue Wang, Department of Marketing, HKUST

Date 14.05.2026
Time 2:30 - 3:30pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

Working Through It: Timing and Margins of Reference-Dependent Labor Supply
Prof. Yesim Orhun, Professor of Marketing, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Date 24.04.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

The Winner’s Curse in Data-Driven Decision Making: Evidence and Solutions
Prof. Raphael Thomadsen, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis

Date 21.04.2026
Time 11:00 - 12:30pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

The Impact of Short-Term Rental Regulations on Urban Spending: Evidence from Transactional Data
Prof. Davide Proserpio, Associate Professor of Marketing, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Date 17.04.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building

Social Media Advertising Loads as Prices
Prof. Andrey Simonov, Gary Winnick and Martin Granoff Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Date 16.03.2026
Time 10:30 - 12:00pm
Venue Room 4047, 4/F, LSK Business Building