An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research output in the empirical analysis. While several studies chose to use the number of publications, others rely on the overall amount of research grants. The present study...

In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of interest for decades. While most studies only calculate quotes using student and graduate numbers for both phenomena, we propose to also consider the budget available to...

Education is the corner stone of economic and social development. It plays a significant role in economic development and higher education contributes to human resource development in many ways. Thus investment in higher education can be a key contributor to country's economic growth. The study...

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the funding mechanisms for higher education across sixteen countries which builds upon existing work on educational institutions, educational outcomes and welfare regimes. We focus upon the current financing dilemma within the Irish higher education...

The task of this study is the comparative analysis of the diffusion process of Blockchain into the national higher education systems as well as analysis of best-practice examples. It is part of the EU Erasmus+ project "BlockWASTE", which has as its overall objective to promote the application of...

Die Betriebswirtschaftslehre ist ein relativ junges Fach. Mit der zunehmenden Bedeutung derWirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert sind seine Studentenzahlen und sein Gewicht innerhalb derHochschulen gewachsen. Der Betrag arbeitet die wichtigsten Bestimmungsgrößen und strukturellenVeränderungen der...

Due to the rising relevance of the economy and economic questions in the 20th century, Business Administration has become an important subject in higher education. Its fast growing student numbers during the last decades show its weight within the higher education institutions, even though it is...

Due to the rising relevance of the economy and economic questions in the 20th century, Business Administration has become an important subject in higher education. Its fast growing student numbers during the last decades show its weight within the higher education institutions, even though it is...

Die Betriebswirtschaftslehre ist ein relativ junges Fach. Mit der zunehmenden Bedeutung der Wirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert sind seine Studentenzahlen und sein Gewicht innerhalb der Hochschulen gewachsen. Der Betrag arbeitet die wichtigsten Bestimmungsgrößen und strukturellen Veränderungen der...

This paper provides an overview of the higher education sector in Canada, so it can serve as a comparison to that in Australia. It seeks to identify stresses and challenges to this sector in Canada. The study also seeks to offer possible lessons for the direction of higher education policy in...