<p><strong>Professor Alan Hughes</strong> is Director of the Centre for Business Research and Margaret Thatcher Professor of Enterprise Studies at the Judge Business School at the&nbsp;University of Cambridge, UK. </p><p>Professor Hughes has provided policy advice and consultancy to influential groups including the UN World Institute for Development Economics Research, the Bank of England, HM Treasury, HM Inland Revenue,&nbsp;Eurostat and the International Labour Organisation. </p><p>In the past 10 years Professor Hughes has published over 200 books, articles and chapters in books on these topics.&nbsp; His research interests&nbsp;include:<br />- measurement and evaluation of science, industrial and business support policy; <br />- innovation and financial characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises; <br />- analysis of the relationship between corporate takeover, corporate governance, executive pay and business performance; and <br />- the relationship between law and economics in the analysis of corporate organisation and performance.</p> 2007-10-09T12:40:19+08:00 Alan 8 Director, Centre for Business Research Hughes University of Cambridge, UK Professor 2008-03-17T11:19:24+09:00