Mr David WONG

BBA-GBM Associate Programme Director

Lecturer
Department of Management

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Active
Researcher
  • 114 Citation(s)
  • 7 h-index(es)

Academic & Professional Qualifications

MA (The University of Hong Kong)
BBA (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1971-839X

Biography

Mr. David Wong is a lecturer at the Department of Management at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Before joining HSUHK, he worked for global retail companies for over 2 decades. His extensive experience and practical insights covered start-ups and financial and operations management in the Greater China region. His work has been published in leading journals across China’s political economy, economic geography, and tourism development. He is also a long-term independent observer of China’s economic and social changes, and his interviews appeared in the South China Morning Post. 

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Research interests: Economic geography, regional development, foreign direct investment, tourism, Hong Kong, Singapore and China
  • Teaching interests: Management as a Liberal Art: Back to Human Side, Principles of Management, Human Resource Management, China Business and Employment Relations

Intellectual Contributions

Publications:

  • Wong, D. W., Tai, A. C., Chan, D. Y., & Lee, H. F. (2024). Can tourism development and economic growth mutually reinforce in small countries? Evidence from Singapore. Current Issues in Tourism, 27(8), 1316-1331. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2213879 (ABDC: A)
  • Simon Xiao Bin, Z., David Wai Ho, W., Chen Han, S., & Kai Ming, L. (2024). Rising income and wealth inequality in China: Empirical assessments and theoretical reflections. Journal of Contemporary China, 33(147), 544-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2023.2172553
  • Wong, D. W., Zhao, S. X., Qiang, W. W., & Lee, H. F. (2024). The interaction between domestic and outward foreign direct investment in China: The influence of region-specific context. PloS one, 19(11), e0314109. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314109
  • Qiang, W. W., Luo, H., Xiao, Y., Wong, D. W., Shi, A. S., Lin, Z., … & Lee, H. F. (2023). Can urban polycentricity improve air quality? Evidence from Chinese cities. Journal of cleaner production, 406, 137080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137080 (ABDC: A)
  • Michael, B., Koroleska, N., Tai, A., & Wong, D. W. H. (2022). A critical look at using financial technology policy to promote the sustainable development goals. Sustainable Development, 30(6), 1911-1920. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2358
  • Tai, A. C., Wong, D. W., Lee, H. F., & Qiang, W. (2022). Tourism’s long-and short-term influence on global cities’ economic growth: The case of Hong Kong. Plos one, 17(9), e0275152. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275152
  • Wong, D. W., Lee, H. F., Zhao, S. X., & Tai, A. C. (2022). Post-2008 fiscal stimulus packages and the driving forces for China’s urbanization. Land, 11(12), 2303. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122303
  • Wong, D. W. H., Zhao, S. X. B., & Lee, H. F. (2022). Air transport, economic growth, and regional inequality across three Chinese macro‐regions. Geographical Research, 60(3), 446-462. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12511
  • Qiang, W., Lee, H. F., Lin, Z., & Wong, D. W. (2020). Revisiting the impact of vehicle emissions and other contributors to air pollution in urban built-up areas: A dynamic spatial econometric analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 740, 140098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140098
  • Wong, D. W., Lee, H. F., Zhao, S. X., & Pei, Q. (2020). Region‐specific determinants of the foreign direct investment in China. Geographical Research, 58(2), 126-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12398
  • Zhao, S. X., Wong, D. W., Wong, D. W., & Jiang, Y. P. (2020). Ever‐transient FDI and ever‐polarizing regional development: Revisiting conventional theories of regional development in the context of China, Southeast and South Asia. Growth and Change, 51(1), 338-361. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12358
  • WONG, W. H., Zhao, S. X. B., Qiang, W., & Xian, S. (2018). Theoretical framework and development strategy of the Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (in Chinese). Progress in Geography (Dili kexue fazhan), 37(12), 1-12.

Book Chapter

  • Bryant, M., Tai, A. C. L., & WONG, W. H. (2024). FinTech. In Elgar Encyclopaedia of International Economic Law.

Conference Paper

  • Wong, D. W. H., Zhao, S. X. B., Qiang, W., and Lee, H. F. (December 2024). The interaction between domestic and outward foreign direct investment in China: The influence of region-specific context [Paper presentation]. The Academy of International Business 2024 Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Guangzhou, China.

Business and Professional Engagement

  • FCCA, The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  • Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants