PHILADELPHIA – ( BUSINESS WIRE ) – Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and SSRN are pleased to announce the Hong Kong Polytechnic University College of Business as the winner of the 2021 WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award for the Asia Pacific region. As part of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS enables comprehensive thought leadership, historical analysis, and insight into the latest innovations in academic research.
Each year, awards are given to emerging business schools in the North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions to highlight innovation and excellence in research. The WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award Series raises the visibility of impact-focused research and the institutions that conduct it. Steve Sheehan, Executive Director of WRDS and Gregg Gordon, Managing Director of SSRN, presented the award to Dr. Edwin Cheng, Dean of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Business, during the Virtual Annual Conference of Asia Pacific of the AACSB.
"A key source of knowledge, research underpins our innovation-driven education and expert consulting," said Dr. Edwin Cheng. “PolyU Business School is pleased to receive this year's Innovation Award and thanks WRDS and SSRN for their recognition. Through our various research centers and specialists for Belt and Road development, branding and marketing, FinTech, leadership and innovation, maritime studies, transportation and logistics, sustainability and business finance, we are open to opportunities for collaboration. that promote research and scholarship ".
"I am delighted to present the WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award to Hong Kong Polytechnic University," said Bob Zarazowski, Managing Director of WRDS. "It is exciting to recognize the groundbreaking research that is being carried out and the school's commitment to advancing its entrepreneurial program."
“SSRN continues to be enthusiastic about the Innovation Award due to the important research being carried out in schools such as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The world needs more high-quality research and PolyU Business School is providing it in a variety of areas, ”said Gregg Gordon.
Together, WRDS and SSRN, the world's leading academic research network, are driving impact-focused research, changing policies and practices at the regulatory, national and global levels. In addition to the Innovation Award, organizations have developed the WRDS Research Document Series, a searchable repository of all documents submitted to SSRN that cite WRDS in their work.
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