ISBN:
9786612295669
,
9781282295667
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9781848446106
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 374 S.)
,
graph. Darst.
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Learning to Compete in European Universities : From Social Institution to Knowledge Business
DDC:
379.4
Keywords:
Bildungswesen
;
Hochschule
;
Hochschulpolitik
;
Universitäre Forschung
;
Wissenstransfer
;
Forschungskooperation
;
Kooperation
;
Wettbewerb
;
USA
;
EU-Staaten
;
Educational change
;
Education, Higher Economic aspects
;
Universities and colleges Administration
;
Europa
;
Universität
;
Wettbewerb
;
Bildungssystem
;
Wandel
;
Hochschulbildung
;
Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise
Abstract:
Anglo-Saxon universities particularly in the US, the UK and Australia have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. This book argues that Continental and Nordic universities and higher education institutes face similar pressures that are leading to a structural transformation of the university sector
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Exploring university alliances and comparable academic cooperation structures; 3. Strategy to join the elite: merger and the 2015 agenda at the University of Manchester; 4. Large-scale international facilities within the organization: MAX lab within Lund University; 5. Division of academic labour is limited by the size of the market. Strategy and differentiation of European universities in doctoral education; 6. Polarization of the Swedish university sector: structural characteristics and positioning
Description / Table of Contents:
7. The American experience in university technology transfer8. Academic patenting in Europe: evidence on France, Italy and Sweden from the KEINS database; 9. The forgotten individuals: attitudes and skills in academic commercialization in Sweden; 10. Elite European universities and the R&D subsidiaries of multinational enterprises; 11. Running the marathon; 12. What does it mean conceptually that universities compete?; 13. From social institution to knowledge business; Index
Note:
Enth. 12 Beitr
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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