Alan Hughes

• Cox, M., Hughes, A. and Spires, R. (2002) Evaluation of SMART (including SPUR) 2001: final report and appendices: DTI Evaluation Report Series No.3.Sheffield: Small Business Service.
• Cook, J., Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (2001) Governance of mutuality: building societies, property rights and corporate governance: report prepared for the Building Societies Association and the Norwich & Peterborough Building Society. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research.
• Cosh, A., Cox, M. and Hughes, A. (eds.) (2001) Evaluation of the golden key package component of the Small Business Initiative. London: British Bankers Association Enterprises Ltd.
• Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.) (2000) British enterprise in transition: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1999. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research.
• Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.) (1998) Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997.Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research.
• Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (1997) Enterprise and community: new directions in corporate governance.Oxford: Blackwell.
• Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.) (1996) The changing state of British enterprise: growth, innovation and competitive advantage in small and medium sized firms 1986-1995. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research.
• Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1992) The state of British enterprise: growth, innovation and competitive advantage in small and medium sized firms. Cambridge: Small Business Research Centre, University of Cambridge.

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (2003) “Profitability, finance and acquisition activity.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise challenged: policy and performance in the British SME sector 1999-2002. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.72-86

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (2003) “Size, age, growth, business constraints and management characteristics.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise challenged: policy and performance in the British SME sector 1999-2002. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.3-19

 

·       Hughes, A. (2003) “Knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and economic growth: some reflections and implications for policy.” In van der Laag, A. and Snijders, J. (eds.): Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands: knowledge transfer: developing high-tech ventures. Zoetermeer: EIM Business & Policy Research and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, pp.53-75

 

·       Hughes, A. (2000) “Innovation and business performance: small entrepreneurial firms in the UK and the EU.” In HM Treasury (eds.): Economic growth and government policy: papers presented at a HM Treasury seminar held at 11 Downing Street on 12th October 2000. London: HM Treasury, pp.65-69

 

·       Hughes, A. and Wood, E. (2000) “Rethinking innovation comparisons between manufacturing and services: the experience of the CBR SME surveys in the UK.” In Metcalfe, J.S. and Miles, I. (eds.): Innovation systems in the service economy: measurement and case study analysis. Boston, Mass.: Kluwer Academic, pp.105-124

 

·       Cosh, A., Hughes, A. and Wood, E. (1999) “Innovation in UK SMEs: causes and consequences for firm failure and acquisition.” In Acs, Z.J., Carlsson, B. and Karlsson, C. (eds.): Entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises and the macroeconomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.329-366

 

·       Bullock, A. and Hughes, A. (1998) “Survey design, response bias and sample characteristics in the 1997 CBR SME survey.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.125-132

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1998) “Profitability, finance, investment appraisal and acquisition.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.67-79

 

·       Cosh, A., Hughes, A., Lee, K. and Singh, A. (1998) “Semi-parametric estimation of the company size-growth relation.” In Begg, I. and Henry, S.G.B. (eds.): Applied economics and public policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.145-179

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1998) “Size, age, growth, business leadership and business objectives.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.3-15

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1998) “Small business enterprises in the 1990’s: the 1991 and 1997 CBR Sample Surveys compared.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.114-124

 

·       Cosh, A., Hughes, A., Lee, K. and Singh, A. (1998) “Takeovers, institutional investment and the persistence of profits.” In Begg, I. and Henry, S.G.B. (eds.): Applied economics and public policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.107-144

 

·       Cosh, A., Hughes, A. and Wood, E. (1998) “Financing innovation.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.80-85

 

·       Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (1998) “Economic considerations.” In Company directors: regulating conflicts of interests and formulating a statement of duties. a joint Consultation Paper, Law Commission Consultation Paper No.153 / Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper No.105. London: TSO, pp.33-59

 

·       Hughes, A. and Moore, B. (1998) “High-tech firms: market position, innovative performance and access to finance.” In Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise Britain: growth, innovation and public policy in the small and medium sized enterprise sector 1994-1997. Cambridge: ESRC Centre for Business Research, pp.86-98

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1997) “The changing anatomy of corporate control and the market for executives in the United Kingdom.” In Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise and community: new directions in corporate governance. Oxford: Blackwell, pp.104-123

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1997) “Corporate restructuring in Europe and the regulation of competition.” In Arestis, P., Palma, G. and Sawyer, M. (eds.): Markets, unemployment and economic policy: essays in honour of Geoff Harcourt: vol.2. London: Routledge, pp.443-460

 

·       Deakin, S., Goodwin, T. and Hughes, A. (1997) “Co-operation and trust in inter-firm relations: beyond competition policy?” In Deakin, S. and Michie, J. (eds.): Contracts, co-operation and competition: studies in economics, management, and law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.339-369

 

·       Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (1997) “Comparative corporate governance: an interdisciplinary agenda.” In Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (eds.): Enterprise and community: new directions in corporate governance. Oxford: Blackwell, pp.1-9

 

·       Cosh, A., Coutts, K. and Hughes, A. (1996) “Manufacturing, the balance of payments, and capacity.” In Michie, J. and Grieve Smith, J. (eds.): Creating industrial capacity: towards full employment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.53-71

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1994) “Acquisition activity in the small business sector.” In Hughes, A. and Storey, D.J. (eds.): Finance and the small firm. London: Routledge, pp.284-315

 

·       Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (1994) “Size, financial structure and profitability: UK companies in the 1980s.” In Hughes, A. and Storey, D.J. (eds.): Finance and the small firm. London: Routledge, pp.18-63

 

·       Cosh, A.D., Hughes, A. and Singh, A. (1992) “Openness, financial innovation, changing patterns of ownership, and the structure of financial markets.” In Banuri, T. and Schor, J.B. (eds.): Financial openness and national autonomy: opportunities and constraints. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp.19-42

 

·       Hughes, A. (1992) “Big business, small business and the ‘enterprise culture’.” In Michie, J. (ed.): The economic legacy 1979-1992. London: Academic Press, pp.296-311

 

·       Hughes, A. and Singh, A. (1991) “The world economic slowdown and the Asian and Latin American economies: a comparative analysis of economic structure, policy and performance.” In Banuri, T. (ed.): Economic liberalization: no panacea: the experiences of Latin America and Asia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp.57-99

 

·       Hughes, A. (1986) “Investment finance, industrial strategy and economic recovery.” In Nolan, P. and Paine, S. (eds.): Rethinking socialist economics: a new agenda for Britain. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp.198-233

 

·       Cosh, A., Hughes, A. and Singh, A. (1980) “Causes and effects of takeovers in the United Kingdom, The: an empirical investigation for the late 1960s at the microeconomic level.” In Mueller, D.C. (ed.): The determinants and effects of mergers: an international comparison. USA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain Publishers, pp.227-270

 

·       Hughes, A., Mueller, D.C. and Singh, A. (1980) “Competition policy in the 1980s: the implications of the international merger wave.” In Mueller, D.C. (ed.): The determinants and effects of mergers: an international comparison. USA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain Publishers, pp.315-336

 

·       Hughes, A., Mueller, D.C. and Singh, A. (1980) “Hypotheses about mergers.” In Mueller, D.C. (ed.): The determinants and effects of mergers: an international comparison. USA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain Publishers, pp.27-66

 

·       Hughes, A. and Singh, A. (1980) “Mergers, concentration, and competition in advanced capitalist economies: an international perspective.” In Mueller, D.C. (ed.): The determinants and effects of mergers: an international comparison. USA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn & Hain Publishers, pp.1-26

• Cosh, A., Fu, X. and Hughes, A. (2005) “Management characteristics, collaboration and innovative efficiency: evidence from UK survey data.” Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.311
• Dessyllas, P. and Hughes, A. (2005) “R&D and patenting activity and the propensity to acquire in high technology industries.” ESRC Centre for Business Research Working Papers, No.298
• Dessyllas, P. and Hughes, A. (2005) “The revealed preferences of high technology acquirers: an analysis of the characteristics of their targets.” ESRC Centre for Business Research Working Papers, No.306
• Hughes, A. and Scott Morton, M.S. (2005) “ICT and productivity growth: the paradox resolved.” Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.316
• Cosh, A. and Hughes, A., with Bullock, A. and Potton, M. (2003) “The relationship between training and business performance.” Department for Education and Skills, Research Report No.454
• Hughes, A. (2003) “Knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and economic growth: some reflections and implications for policy in the Netherlands.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.273
• Conn, C., Cosh, A., Guest, P. and Hughes, A. (2001) “Long-run share performance of U.K. firms engaging in cross-border acquisitions.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.214
• Cook, J., Deakin, S. and Hughes, A. (2001) “Mutuality and corporate governance: the evolution of UK building societies following deregulation.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.205
• Cosh, A., Hughes, A. and Guest, P. (2001) “Managerial discretion and takeover performance.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.216
• Cosh, A., Hughes, A. and Weeks, M. (2000) “The relationship between training and employment growth in small and medium-sized enterprises.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.188
• Hughes, A. (2000) “On enlarging employment by promoting small enterprises.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.180
• Hughes, A. and Wood, E. (1999) “Rethinking innovation comparisons between manufacturing and services: the experience of the CBR SME surveys in the UK.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.140
• Hughes, A. (1997) “Small firms and employment.” ESRC Centre for Business Research, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.71
• Cosh, A., Hughes, A., Singh, A., Carty, J. and Plender, J. (1990) “Takeovers and short-termism in the UK.” Institute for Public Policy Research, Industrial Policy Paper No.3
• Hughes, A. (1990) “Industrial concentration and the small business sector in the UK: the 1980s in historical perspective.” Economics Department, Cambridge University, Working Paper No.5