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The BBA Student Research Competition has been held since 2021 with the following goals : 

  • To give BBA students an opportunity to present their research idea and project output in an occasion that provides visibility of their work;
  • To sharpen students' communication, visual, organizational, and presentation skills in preparation for the experience;
  • To create a platform for students to meet with industry experts in their field of interest, make important conections, exchange ideas and receive feedback;
  • To showcase students' scholarly work and to recognize and reward outstanding performance

BizSpark 2023-24

The School of Business is proud to present the BizSpark - BBA Student Research Competition (AY2023-24) to you all!

The competitions is open to all BBA students from all concentrations. Individual submission and team-based submission with no more than 5 memebers are accepted.

For more detail please check out the video and information shown below:

 
  • Join BizSpark Info Session and Workshop (AY2023-24)
    Date : 24/Jan/2024 
    Time : 18:30-19:30
    Venue : WLB601
    Speaker : Dr. Aries Wong
                     Associate Director (Knowledge Transfer) of CSDS
                     Senior Lecturer, Dept of AEF

    Online Registration

 

BizSpark 2022-23

The School of Business is proud to present the BizSpark - BBA Student Research Competition (AY2022-23) to you all!

The proposed BBA Student Research Competition has the following goals:

  • To give BBA students an opportunity to present their research idea and project output in an occasion that provides visibility of their work;
  • To sharpen students' communication, visual, organizational, and presentation skills in preparation for the experience;
  • To create a platform for students to meet with industry experts in their field of interest, make important conections, exchange ideas and receive feedback;
  • To showcase students' scholarly work and to recognize and reward outstanding performance.

 

The competitions is open to all BBA students from all concentrations. Individual submission and team-based submission with no more than 5 memebers are accepted.

For more detail please check out the video and information shown below:

 
  • BizSpark Introduction Video

     


Awardees Sharings


Max, MA Hejian
- Academic Research Paper Best Presenter and Gold Prize winner


Sam, LAW Ming Yu
- Consultancy Project Gold Prize winner

 

Academic Research Paper

Team3

Diana LI Yunran, ISEM Year 4

Karna WEI Zihan, ISEM Year 4

Team4

Jason CHAN Kwan Ho, MKT Year 4

Michael LUI Ying Kit, MKT Year 4

 

 

Consultancy-based Project

Team7

Aarusha Bista, EBI Year 4

Team8

Hayley ONG Yin Vern, MKT Year 4

Tara YU Yi Hui, MKT Year 4

 

 

BizSpark 2021-22

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The BizSpark BBA Student Research Competition was successfully held on 11 June. As a new initiative to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the School of Business, the event was well-received with close to 50 BBA students and academic faculties registered and attended online.

Prof. Edward Snape, Dean of the HKBU School of Business shared in the opening remarks that the competition attracted a total of 23 submissions across different concentrations, from Year 2 to Year 4, covering various topics such as the impact of the worldwide pandemic on digital banking, on HR management, on machine learning; the study of cloud gaming strategy, green loan, and trade war, etc.  “BizSpark aims to provide an opportunity for undergraduate business students to showcase their business research work and to provide a platform to promote high quality research work at undergraduate level”.

A total of 7 teams were shortlisted to the final round and presented their research works to the judges and audience on Saturday afternoon.  The high-quality presentation and creative ideas were appraised by the judges. Special thanks to the panel of esteemed judges who have provided our participants with valuable feedback. They are: 

Panel of Judges
  • Dr. Zach LEE (Durham University) Associate Professor Department of Management & Marketing
  • Mr. Alvin LEUNG (HRM Practitioner) Regional Head of Learning Academy, APAC (Persolkelly consulting Ltd)
  • Prof. Samson TAI (Dept of FDS) Professor of Practice, HKBU
  • Dr. Ting CHEN (Dept of ECON) Assistant Professor, HKBU
  • Dr. Yanju LIU (Dept of ACLW) Assistant Professor, HKBU
  • Dr. Lucia FUNG (Dept of MGNT) Associate Director BBA (Hons),  HKBU

 

 

 The list of awardees of the Final Conference is as follows: 

 Academic Research PaperCompany-based Consultancy Project
Gold PrizeAn Empirical Study of Optimal Combination of Algorithms for Prediction-Based Portfolio Optimization Model using Machine Learning over Covid-19 Period
MA Hejian Max, ISEM Year 4
Cloud Gaming Service Strategy for HKBN to target young audience
LAW Ming Yiu Sam, MKT Year 4
Silver PrizeMinimum Wage Effects on the Employment of China’s Rural Migrants
DENG Qinwen, AP ECON Year 4
Green Loans for SMEs
HUNG Chi Wai Brooklyn, FINE Year 3
ZOU Xiang Wei, FINE Year 3
LIN Hoi Nam Catherine, ISEM Year 3
FONG Chun Kit Andy, FINE Year 3
YU Miu Ping, MKT Year 3
Bronze PrizeSocial Comparison and Competition: The Reasons behind Involution in University Students and Fresh Graduates in China
Vita, GAO Yujiao (Year 4, HRM)
Amanda, LI Ruohan (Year 4, HRM)
To what extent does online training affect learning effectiveness as compared to traditional training for the Advancement Management Program in a local hospital?
Karen, CHEUNG Tsz Ying, (Year 4, HRM)
Wendy, WONG Wan Ling, (Year 4, HRM)

 

Best Presenter Award
  • MA Hejian Max, ISEM Year 4
    An Empirical Study of Optimal Combination of Algorithms for Prediction-Based Portfolio Optimization Model using Machine Learning over Covid-19 Period
  • GAO Yujiao Vita, HRM Year 4
    Social Comparison and Competition: The Reasons behind Involution in University Students and Fresh Graduates in China
Best Poster Award
  • Green Loans for SMEs
    HUNG Chi Wai Brooklyn, FINE Year 3
    ZOU Xiang Wei, FINE Year 3
    LIN Hoi Nam Catherine, ISEM Year 3
    FONG Chun Kit Andy, FINE Year 3
    YU Miu Ping, MKT Year 3

 

 

Academic Research Paper

Vita

GAO Yujiao Vita, HRM Year 4

LI Ruohan Amanda, HRM Year 4

Max

MA Hejian Max, ISEM Year 4

 

 

Company-based Consultancy Project

Karen

CHEUNG Tsz Ying Karen, HRM Year 4

WONG Wan Ling Wendy, HRM Year 4

Brooklyn

HUNG Chi Wai Brooklyn, FINE Year 3

ZOU Xiang Wei, FINE Year 3

LIN Hoi Nam Catherine, ISEM Year 3

FONG Chun Kit Andy, FINE Year 3

YU Miu Ping, MKT Year 3

LawMingYiu

LAW Ming Yiu Sam, MKT Year 4

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