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Directors of The Centre for International Competitiveness

The Directors of the Centre for International Competitiveness are:

Professor Robert Huggins – Robert is Professor of Management and Policy at the Cardiff School of Management, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Robert is the co-founder, along with Hiro Izushi, of the World Knowledge Competitiveness Index, and is the founder on the European Competitiveness Index and the UK Competitiveness Index. His key areas of research include the study of competitiveness, business networks, knowledge-based economic development and entrepreneurship. More Details..

Robert can be contacted via the following means:

Email: r.huggins@cforic.org or alternatively rhuggins@uwic.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2041 7075

Postal:
Professor Robert Huggins
Cardiff School of Management
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Colchester Avenue
Cardiff
CF23 9XR
UK

Dr Hiro Izushi – Hiro is Senior Lecturer in Innovation at Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School at Birmingham, UK. Originally trained in the US at University of California, Berkeley for his doctoral degree, Hiro also holds a prestigious Nitobe Fellowship for Japanese Social Scientists from International House of Japan. While teaching management of innovation at the AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS-accredited Aston Business School, Hiro researches into a number of areas including knowledge-based economic growth, knowledge sourcing and business networks, and the video game industry and its evolution.

Hiro can be contacted via the following means:

Website: http://www.abs.aston.ac.uk/newweb/staff/detail.asp/sfldStaffID=A0000611
Email: h.izushi@cforic.org or alternatively h.izushi@aston.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)121 204 3324

Postal:
Dr Hiro Izushi
Aston Business School
Aston Triangle
Birmingham
B4 7ET
UK