Financial Innovation

Rose Neng LAI is Professor of Finance of the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Macau, and the Dean of the Honours College of the University since 2019. She was a Visiting Fellow in 2010 and is the Life Member of the Clare Hall of the University of Cambridge. She runs the Executive Director Office for the Asian Real Estate Society, for which she was the President in 2007, as well as executive director and the past President (2012) of the Board of the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress. She has also sat on various committees in international Associations such as the AREUEA and the ARES, and academic search/promotion committees for various universities such as University of Cambridge, University College London and University of Melbourne. Her research in real estate finance and economics, behavioral finance, and risk management has been published in the Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Real Estate Research, and others. She won the 2019 International Real Estate Society Achievement Award, and the 2017 Edwin Mills Best Paper Award. She is currently the Executive Editor of the International Real Estate Review. She has also led several government consultancy projects, joined think-tanks and committees for expert opinions, and consulted by international bodies. She earned her BBA from the University of East Asia (predecessor of the University of Macau), MBA from the Simon Fraser University, Canada, and her PhD in Finance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Cheris W. C. Chow is an Associate Professor in Marketing at University of Macau. She received her Ph.D. in marketing from the City University of Hong Kong. She teaches modules on Consumer Behavior, Integrated Marketing Communications, Entertainment Marketing and Brand Management at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her research interest focuses on consumer psychology, advertising management, services marketing, and tourism & hospitality management. She has published papers in journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Advertising, Tourism Management, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, and International Journal of Hospitality Management, etc.

Prof. Chow received best paper award in several international conferences in US, Mainland China and HK. She was the registered report editor of Psychology & Marketing in 2020. She also served as ad hoc reviewer for business and marketing journals including the Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, Applied Psychology: An International Review, Journal of Global Marketing, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, etc. She was also the organizing committee member of the 5th World Business Ethics Forum and acted as the track chair of the 27th Annual World Business Congress in 2018.

In addition to teaching and research, Prof. Chow is devoted to human resources training and marketing research in commercial circles. She has provided staff training for Sheraton Hotel (Zhongshan), Yuehai Hotel (Shanghai), Prudential Insurance Company (HK) and the major hotels and casinos in Macau. She has also worked on consultancy projects for China Travel Services Ltd, travel agencies in HK, hotels in Mainland China, etc.

Dr. Jinjuan Ren has been an associate professor in finance at University of Macau since 2015. She was an assistant professor at University of Macau from 2009 – 2015. She obtained a B.A. degree in Accounting from Fudan University in 2001, an MPhil degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Hong Kong in 2004, and a PhD degree in Finance from University of Hong Kong in 2009. Her research areas include empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, and fintech. She published papers in top journals such as Management Science, Journal of Banking and Finance, etc. She is a CFA charter-holder.

Dr. Yan LIN is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in the areas of Business Analytics, FinTech, social media, and e-commerce. He has published multiple articles in high-quality business journals, such as Journal of Marketing Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and Information & Management. He has also served as a reviewer for top-tier journals, such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems. His research works have also won several awards, including Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Runner-up and Shenzhen Distinguished Social Science Research Award (Third Prize).