The work of the management sciences is the forecasting, planning, management and decision-making of business operations. This field has evolved relatively recently, and in this issue we are fortunate enough to carry an interview with our founding head, Professor Wai-kee Kam, who tells the story of how the "MS" department got its name. Established back in 1984 as "Mathematics and Science,"....
Professor Alan Wan argues that combining statistical models offers advantages in forecasting compared to selection of a single model, and that this approach is likely to be an increasingly used analytical tool.
A picture essay looking at some of the new technologies adopted by HSBC in the last 150 years.