Research Publications

Date	Journal Name	Title	Author(s) in RCESGA
May 2026	Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review	Fairness, equity, and equality in humanitarian logistics: a systematic review analysis	Prof. Mike LAI Kee-hung
May 2026	Child Abuse & Neglect	The inter-generational transmission of parental adverse childhood experiences on children's depression and anxiety symptoms: The mediating effect of parenting factors	Prof. YU Lu
May 2026	International Journal of Production Economics	Examining the link between supplier diversification and ESG practices: An opportunity-motivation-ability perspective	Prof. Mike Lai Kee-hung
May 2026	Research in International Business and Finance	Saving planet earth or maximizing financial gains: A global analysis of environmental performance positioning as an ESG strategy	Prof. Jeff SHEN
Apr 2026	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	Data-Driven Planning for the Location and Capacity of Hydrogen Refueling Stations	Prof. Kai Pan
Apr 2026	Transport Policy	Stable hierarchy, dynamic composition: Sectoral evolution in Hong Kong shipping hub from an ecosystem perspective	Prof. Mike LAI Kee-hung, Prof. Dong YANG
Apr 2026	Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance	Do Tax Rates Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? A Natural Experiment From Corporate Tax Rate Changes	Prof. Qiang WU
Apr 2026	The Accounting Review	Cross-Border Impact of the ESG Disclosure Mandate: Evidence from Foreign Government Procurement Contracts	Prof. Lisa C.Z. SUN, Prof. Yi XIANG, Prof. Cheng ZENG
Apr 2026	International Journal of Educational Research	Reflection and group cohesion drive service-learning gains: a pre-post study of credit-bearing courses in Hong Kong	Prof. YU Lu
Mar 2026	Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning	Health resilience of green buildings in a Dense City: Evidence from COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong	Prof. Jeff SHEN
Feb 2026	Environment, Development and Sustainability	Examining the role of recognition-based heuristics in sustainable investment decision-making using a structural equation modeling–artificial neural network-based approach	Prof. Qiang WU
Feb 2026	Industrial Management & Data Systems	ESG transformation through private equity and digital twin in energy supply chain: an evolutionary game analysis	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Dr Paul WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Jan 2026	Industrial Management & Data Systems	Towards low-carbon e-commerce return logistics: optimization for simultaneous pickup and delivery	Dr Paul WANG, Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. Hans WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Jan 2026	Management System Engineering	Data assetization and corporate green technology innovation: a dual perspective of information and resources	Prof. Qiang WU
Dec 2025	Business Strategy and the Environment	Artificial Intelligence and Environmental, Social, and Governance: A Hybrid Bibliometric Approach	Prof. Qiang WU
Nov 2025	Journal of Youth and Adolescence	The role of social support and positive youth development in strengthening family resilience: An actor-partner interdependence approach.	Prof. YU Lu
Nov 2025	Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks	Impact of sequence and dynamics of grid outage and utility events on the resilience of a coastal zero-energy system with grid network interactions	Prof. Kai Pan
Sept 2025	Social Science Research Network (SSRN)	Harnessing large language models for ESG analysis: Evaluating non-financial factors in stock prices	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Aug 2025	Applied Energy	Unlock the energy flexibility resources of zero-emission vehicles to simultaneously alleviate the negative impact on grid and traffic between remote buildings with predictive controls	Prof. Kai Pan
Jun 2025	Transport Policy	Channel structures and ESG initiatives for logistics service providers	Dr Paul WANG, Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. Hans WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Apr 2025	Communications Earth & Environment	Power outage-risk integrated social vulnerability analysis highlights disparities in small residential communities	Prof. Kai Pan
Apr 2025	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	Sustainability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Hong Kong: Drivers and the Moderating Role of Social Network	Prof. NIE Lin
Mar 2025	Expert Systems with Applications	Optimizing ESG reporting: Innovating with E-BERT models in nature language processing	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. Hans WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Dec 2024	INFORMS Journal on Computing	Layout Optimization for a Large-Scale Grid-Connected Solar Power Plant	Prof. Kai Pan
Dec 2024	Business Strategy and the Environment	Firms' Preferences for Environmental, Social, and Governance Policies: Evidence From Small and Medium Enterprises in Hong Kong	Prof. NIE Lin
Nov 2024	IEEE Transactions on Power Systems	Convex Hull for Self-Scheduling Energy-Intensive Enterprises With Demand Response Regulations	Prof. Kai Pan
Oct 2024	International Journal of Production Economics	Do fairness concerns matter for ESG decision-making? Strategic interactions in digital twin-enabled sustainable semiconductor supply chain	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. Hans WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Feb 2024	International Journal of Production Economics	Commitment or rent-seeking? Government incentive policies for ESG reporting in sustainable e-commerce logistics	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. Hans WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Jun 2023	Operations Management Research	Is digital twin a better solution to improve ESG evaluation for vaccine logistics supply chain: an evolutionary game analysis	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. George Q. HUANG
Mar 2023	Social Science Research Network (SSRN)	Commitment or Rent-Seeking? A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis for ESG Reporting in Sustainable E-Commerce Logistics	Ir Prof. Zhiheng ZHAO, Prof. Hans WANG, Prof. George Q. HUANG