This edited volume proposes that the phenomenon of private sector, financialized higher education expansion in the United States benefits from a range of theoretical and methodological treatments. Social scientists, policy analysts, researches, and for-profit sector leaders discuss how and to...

An informed discussion of the global education market, analysing the rankings system, and the determinants which help universities to advance. The authors examine possible improvements in the promotion and commercialization of university research, and the role of universities in the social and...

Öffentliche Forschungseinrichtungen stellen für viele technologieorientierte Unternehmen eine Quelle von Innovationsimpulsen dar. Relevante wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu identifizieren und für Unternehmen zur wirtschaftlichen Verwertung zu erschließen stellt sich in der Praxis häufig...

Weniger als ein Viertel der Hochschulabsolventen greifen auf Weiterbildungsangebote von Universitäten und Fachhochschulen zurück. Sandra Wolf geht der Frage nach, welche Faktoren die Teilnahmeentscheidung bestimmen. Sie entwickelt einen Modellansatz zur Erklärung von Teilnahmeentscheidungen...

Grundzüge einer entscheidungs- und produktionstheoretisch fundierten Performancemessung -- Grundzüge einer Performancemessung im Hochschulbereich -- Indikatoren zur Messung der Forschungsperformance -- Präsentation und Würdigung des CHE-Forschungsrankings BWL 2005 -- Empirische Analysen zur...

This book examines the ways in which universities can play a crucial role in inclusive development, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It aims to prove the importance of inclusive development and inclusive innovation on economic growth and demonstrate the ways in which universities...

This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world. It discusses whether governance in international higher education is of particular importance in Arab countries when considering their difference in political systems, cultures, interests,...

This book analyses the importance of the entrepreneurial university, specifically in relation to the creation of entrepreneurial ideas and attitudes in students and entrepreneurial initiatives in academic institutions. The aim of the editors and contributing authors is to provide the reader with...

What does it mean for a university to be entrepreneurial? This global concept, which enables universities to attain social accountability through innovation and participation in local economic development, has become more important than ever in today's knowledge society. This book considers how...

Focusing on the role entrepreneurship centres can play within the UK and other countries; this edited volume explores the effective construction of viable and sustainable entrepreneurship centres. It questions how these Higher Education Centres contribute to enterprise and entrepreneurship...