Professor Michael Enright, is recognised as one of the worlds leading experts on cluster development/collaborative networks and also called “one of the worlds reigning strategy gurus” by the Academy of International Business, Michael Enright is a leading expert on international
competitiveness, regional economic development, and international business strategy. Enright joined the University of Hong Kong as Sun Hung Kai Professor of Business Administration in 1996 after six years as a professor at the Harvard Business School, where he helped to found the modern school of competitiveness analysis. He also directs the Asia-Pacific Competitiveness Program at the Hong Kong Institute for Economics and Business Strategy, was a founding director of The Competitiveness Institute (a global professional body with members in 40 nations), and is a Director at Enright, Scott & Associates (a firm specializing in strategic consulting for governments and major corporations).

As a researcher, Professor Enright has directed major reviews of the competitiveness of 20 different economies on five continents and has co-authored eight books or monographs, the latest of which is Regional Powerhouse: The Greater Pearl River Delta and the Rise of China (Wiley 2005). In addition, Enright's work has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, WorldLink, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Asian Business, Asia Inc, the South China Morning Post, and the Business Times, among others. It also has been featured in the Economist, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, the South China Morning Post, the Straits Times, Business Times, and many others. Current research projects include multi-year studies of multinational strategies in the Asia-Pacific, China’s international competitiveness and its impact on the rest of Asia, and regional development in Greater China.

As an advisor, Professor Enright has consulted to companies, governments, and multilateral organizations on business strategy, international competitiveness, and economic development and has appeared in more than 30 countries as an invited speaker and executive educator. Professor Enright received his A.B. (with honors), his M.B.A. (with distinction), and his Ph.D. (in Business Economics, Dean’s Doctoral Fellow) from Harvard University. Before joining the Harvard Business School faculty, he served as research manager for the ten-nation study of international competitiveness that resulted in Michael Porter's book The Competitive Advantage of Nations. He is a non-executive director of Shui On Construction and Materials, Shui On Land, and Johnson Electric Holdings.

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