Senior Research Associate
Research
Mergers and acquisitions; executive pay and corporate governance; manufacturing competitiveness and finance; innovation and training in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Projects
Analysis of the Relationship between Training & Business Performance
Corporate Governance & Investment: An International Research Network
Finance, Training & SME Performance: An Evaluation Study of the Small Business Initiative
Modelling Business Duration & Business Failure
New Modes of Innovation: Managerial & Strategic Business Practices & Open Innovation
Personal background
Andy Cosh is Programme Director for Enterprise and Innovation, a Reader in Management Economics, Accounting and Finance and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge. Prior to his current posts Dr Cosh worked at HM Treasury and as a Research Officer at the Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge University. Until 2006 he was Senior Bursar at Queens’ College, Cambridge. He has also acted as a business consultant to several firms and as a research consultant for the European Commission, Eurostat, British Bankers Association, DTI, DfEE and DfES.
Selected publications
Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.) (2007), British Enterprise: thriving or surviving?, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.
Cosh, A., Guest, P. and Hughes, A. (2006) “Board share-ownership and takeover performance.” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 33(3/4): 459-510
Cosh, A.D., Hughes, A. and Lester, R.K. (2006), ‘UK plc: Just how innovative are we?’, Cambridge MIT Institute, Centre for Business Research and Industrial Performance Centre.
Conn, R.L., Cosh, A., Guest, P.M. and Hughes, A. (2005) “The impact on UK acquirers of domestic, cross-border, public and private acquisitions.” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 32(5-6): 815-870
Conn, R. L., Cosh, A., Guest, P. M. and Hughes, A.. (2004) ‘The Impact on UK Acquirers of Domestic, Cross Border, Public and Private Acquisitions’, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, forthcoming.
Conn, R., Cosh, A.D., Guest, P.M. and Hughes, A. (2003) ‘The Impact on U.K. Acquirers of Domestic, Cross-border, Public and Private Acquisitions’, Centre for Business Research Working Paper 276.
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, University of Cambridge.)
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, University of Cambridge.)
Cosh, A. and Hughes, A.. (2003) ‘The British SME Sector 1991-2002’, 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, University of Cambridge.)
Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (2003) ‘Innovation activity: outputs, inputs, intentions and constraints’, 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, University of Cambridge.)