Learning to compete in European universities
Subtitle: from social institution to knowledge business
By: edited by Maureen McKelvey and Magnus Holmén.
Contributors: McKelvey, Maureen D.; Holmén, Margnus.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cheltenham; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781848440012
Subjects: Educational change -- Europe; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Europe; Universities and colleges -- Europe -- Administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents:1. IntroductionMaureen McKelvey and Magnus HolmenPART I: EMERGENT STRATEGY2. Exploring University Alliances and Comparable Academic Cooperation StructuresEnrico Deiaco, Ana M. Gren and Goran Melin3. Strategy to Join the Elite: Merger and the 2015 Agenda at the University of ManchesterLuke Georghiou4. Large-scale International Facilities within the Organization: Max Lab within Lund UniversityOlof Hallonsten and Mats BennerPART II: DIFFERENTIATION AND SPECIALIZATION 5. Division of Academic Labour is Limited by the Size of the Market: Strategy and Differentiation of Universities in the European LandscapeAndrea Bonaccorsi6. Polarization of the Swedish University Sector: Structural Characteristics and PositioningDaniel Ljungberg, Mattias Johansson and Maureen McKelveyPART III: RETHINKING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONS7. The American Experience in University Technology Transfer Maryann Feldman and Shiri Breznitz8. Academic Patenting in Europe: Evidence on France, Italy and Sweden from the KEINS DatabaseFrancesco Lissoni, Patrick Llerena, Maureen McKelvey and Bulat Sanditov9. The Forgotten Individuals in the Commercialization of Science: Attitudes and Skills in Academic Commercialization in SwedenMats Magnusson, Maureen McKelvey and Matteo Versiglioni10. Elite European Research Universities and the R&D Subsidiaries of MNEsAnders Brostrom, Maureen McKelvey and Christian SandstromPART IV: REFLECTIONS 11. Running the MarathonWilliam Cowan, Robin Cowan and Patrick Llerena12. What Does it Mean Conceptually that Universities Compete? Enrico Deiaco, Magnus Holmen and Maureen McKelvey13. From Social Institution to Knowledge BusinessEnrico Deiaco, Magnus Holmen and Maureen McKelvey