Professor Ali Farhoomand is Professor of Innovation and Information Management and the founding Director of Asia Case Research, and Business Design and Innovation Program at The University of Hong Kong School of Business. He has taught and conducted research in universities across the globe, including executive development programs at MIT, Oxford and INSEAD and as a Visiting Scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management. He has been a consultant for the government as well as large companies. A three-time winner of the Society for Information Management Paper Award, he has written several books, published numerous academic articles and developed 140 business case studies, over half a million copies of which distributed worldwide through Harvard Business Publishing and other outlets. Professor Farhoomand is the creator and executive producer of the FocusAsia Business Leaders series, which was aired by BBC World,. He is recipient of several teaching awards including the prestigious The University of Hong Kong Outstanding Teaching Award. For hobby, he dabbles in painting, plays drums and engages in armchair philosophy.