Dr. Sung-Chi Chu has been working in the computer science field for over 30 years. He spent the last seven years learning about business and logistics, and has participated in many of the Center's activities. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1987 from Virginia Tech. His current interests cover technologies in business applications and for mathematics education in an any-to-any ePlatform environment.

Research Interests :
- Business Economics
- International Economics
- China and Hong Kong

Dr. Michael Fung received his degrees in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSoSc) and University of Western Ontario (MA and PhD). He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1991, where he teaches business economics. He is currently the Director of Institute of Economics, Associate Director of Aviation Policy and Research Center,a Professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics. Dr. Fung has contributed articles to Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Pacific Economic Review, etc

Research Interests :
- Services Marketing
- Consumer Behaviour
- Cross-cultural marketing issues

Dr. Michael K. Hui was educated in Hong Kong (BBA, First Class Honor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong), France (CAAE, University of Aix-Marseille), and UK (PhD, London Business School). Prior to joining CUHK, Dr. Hui held academic appointments at the London Business School, Concordia University in Canada, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Dr. Hui's teaching and research interests include services marketing, cross-cultural consumer behavior, and research methodology. His papers have appeared in marketing and psychology journals including Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, and Journal of International Marketing. Two of his papers have won awards from the American Marketing Association and the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. He has reviewed papers for major marketing journals and is currently an editorial board member of Journal of Retailing and Journal of Business Research. He has also conducted consulting projects and training seminars for various public and private service organizations.

Research Interests :
- Exploratory Data Analysis and Applied Statistics
- Business Intelligence Modeling
- Data Mining and Quality Management

Dr. Y.V. Hui received his BSc from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, his MSIE from Texas Tech and his PhD from Virginia Tech. Prof. Hui has taught at the National University of Singapore, Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of New South Wales before joining CityU. Besides teaching and research, Prof. Hui is also active in professional services. His clients include Australian Government, the Government of HKSAR and other well-known local business corporations.

Research Interests :
- Applied Operations Research
- Production and Management Assessment
- Logistics

Dr. Japhet S. Law obtained his PhD in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin in 1976. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986 and was the founding Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business in the University. Dr. Law has consulted with various corporations in Hong Kong, including the Hang Seng Bank, New World Hotel and KCRC. He is currently the Regional Vice President of Asia Pacific Decision Science Institute. He was the President of the Operations Research Society of Hong Kong and Associate Editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research for the past many years.

Zhang, Anming
Professor and YVR Professorship in Air Transportation
Operations and Logistics Division
Faculty of Commerce
University of British Columbia
Canada

Research Interests:
- Transportation and Economic Policy
- Air Traffic Rights
- Industrial Organization

Dr. Anming Zhang is a Professor in Operations and Logistics and holds YVR Authority Professor in Air Transportation at Sauder School of Business, the University of British Columbia. He was an associate professor at City University of Hong Kong from 1996 to 2002 and at the University of Victoria from 1995-1998. He obtained his PhD in Policy/Management Science in 1990, and MSc in Business Administration in 1986, from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Zhang is the recipient of the "Yokohama Special Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher" awarded at the 7th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) in Sydney, Australia in July 1995. He has published over 50 refereed journal papers in the areas of transportation, industrial organization and international trade. Dr. Zhang has been actively participating in industry advisory services; his clients included government agencies, reputable airlines and other industrial organizations. He has recently co-authored a book named "Globalization and Strategic Alliances: The Case of the Airline Industry", published by Elsevier Pergamon.