Faculty members of the Department are very active in research and scholarly
activities. We engage in both applied and basic researches. In the last few
years, faculty members successfully attracted research funding from the Research
Grants Council, external research institutions, and internal research
grants. Our research outputs are regularly published in international referred
journals and presented at major international conferences. Our recent
publications include: Poon, Patrick, Felicitas Evangelista
and Gerald Albaum (2010), "Attitudes of Migrants Towards
Foreign Made Products: An Exploratory Study of Migrants in Australia",
Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 27, No. 1, 35-42.
Poon,
Patrick, Lianxi Zhou and TS Chan (2009), "Social Entrepreneurship in a
Transitional Economy: A Critical Assessment of Rural Chinese Entrepreneurial
Firms", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 28, No. 2, 94-108.
Zhou, Lianxi, Lefa Teng and Patrick Poon (2008), "Susceptibility to
Global Consumer Culture: A Three-Dimensional Scale," Psychology and Marketing,
Vol. 25, No. 4, 336-351.
Cui, Geng and Yanan Wang (2010),
"Consumers' SKU Choices in an Online Supermarket: A Latent Class Approach,"
Journal of Marketing Management.
Cui, Geng and Xiaoyan Yang (2009), "Responses of Chinese Consumers to Sex
Appeals in International Advertising: A Test of Congruency Theory," Journal
of Global Marketing, Vol.22, No.3, 229-245.
T.S. Chan, Geng Cui and Nan Zhou (2009), "Competition of Foreign vs. Domestic
Brands: A Study of Consumer Purchases in China," Journal of Global Marketing,
Vol. 22, No.3, 181-197.
Cui, Geng, Wenjing Bao and T.S. Chan (2009), "Consumers' Adoption of New
Technology Products: The Role of Copying Strategies," Journal of Consumer
Marketing, Vol. 26, No.2, 110-120.
Clement Chow, F.M. Song and K.P. Wong (2010), "Investment and Soft Budget
Constraint in China", International Review of economics and Finance, Vol.
19, No. 2, 219-227.
Clement Chow,
Michael K. Y. Fung (2009), "Efficiencies and Scope Economies of Airports in
Passenger and Cargo Transport in China", Journal of Air Transport Management,
Vol. 15, No. 6, 324-329.
Li, Ling-yee (2009),
¡§Encouraging extra-role behaviour in a channel context: The role of economic-,
social-, and justice- based sharedness mechanisms¡¨, Industrial Marketing
Management(in
press). Peng,
Ling and Adam Finn (2010), ¡§Whose Crystal Ball to Choose: Individual Differences
in the Generalizability of Concept Testing¡¨, Journal of Product Innovation
Management, 27 (5), 690-704.
Peng, Ling and Adam Finn (2010), "How Far Can You Rely on a Concept Test: The
Generalizability of Testing over Occasions", International Journal of Market
Research, 52 (3), 363-382.
Peng, Ling and Adam Finn (2010), ¡§How Cloudy a Crystal Ball: A Psychometric
Assessment of Concept Testing¡¨, Journal of Product Innovation Management,
27 (2), 238-252.
Wan, Lisa C.,
Elisa K. Chan, and Lily L. Su (forthcoming), "When Will Customers Care about
Service Failures that Happened to Strangers? The Role of Personal Similarity and
Regulatory Focus and Its Implication on Service Evaluation," International
Journal of Hospitality Management.
Hui, Michael K., Candy K. Y. Ho, and Lisa C. Wan (forthcoming), "Prior
Relationships and Consumer Responses to Service Failures: A Cross-Cultural
Study," Journal of International Marketing.
Chan, Haksin, Lisa C. Wan, and Leo Yat-ming Sin (2009), ¡§The Contrasting Effects
of Culture on Consumer Tolerance: Interpersonal Face and Impersonal Fate,¡¨ Journal of Consumer Research, 36(2), 292-304.
Chan, Haksin and Lisa C. Wan (2009), ¡§Dual Influences of Moderating Variables in
the Dissatisfaction Process: Theory and Evidence,¡¨
Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 21(2), 125-135.
Other than academic research, academic staff are active members of the academic and public communities. We provide service to sister institutions and professional bodies in various capacities. To name but a few, in the recent past, we have been:
External examiners for courses offered by other universities
Members of validation panels for programmes offered by a sister university
External examiners for doctoral or masters theses of sister universities
Executive members of professional bodies
External examiner for an overseas professional body
Editorial board members of international refereed journals
Member, School Examinations Board of Hong Kong Examination Authority
Member, Insurance Training Board of Vocational Training Council
National Director, Hong Kong Canada Business Association
Prof. Cui Geng
and
Dr. Zhou Lianxi received the
Research Excellence Awards in 2002 and 2004 respectively to recognise their
outstanding research performance.