The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of external research collaborations on the scientific performance of academic institutions. Data are derived from the international SCOPUS database. We consider the number of citations of publications to evaluate university performance in...

The report examines the phenomenon of academic capitalism and the potential consequences of its spread, and the capacity of universities to meet the challenges of entrepreneurship as an organizational management model. Special emphasis is placed on the differentiated effect on universities,...

Higher education is the most important constituent of development of any society. Improvement in the quality of teaching and learning requires careful attention and evaluation to foresee prospective outcomes. The analysis of standard of excellence measured in terms of the number of articles...

The report examines the phenomenon of academic capitalism and the potential consequences of its spread, and the capacity of universities to meet the challenges of entrepreneurship as an organizational management model. Special emphasis is placed on the differentiated effect on universities,...

In order to continue its mission in preparing educated work force needed for supporting implementation of Estonian economic policy, universities need to improve the usage of its scarce resources. We study the expectation and attitudes of academic staff towards performance appraisal and related...

Traditionally, the university is understood to be a custodian/depositary of common values, knowledge and inheritance of human cultures and civilization. In contrast to mere libraries, as well as to the complexity of the Internet, the uniqueness of the university consists of the fact that it...

This study provides novel empirical insights into the attractiveness of European Universities for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant holders and investigates how efficient universities are in this respect relative their potential. To explore the attractiveness, factors explaining both...

Without advanced educational research, development will not occur and only technologically educated people can command the skills necessary for sustainable growth and development. However, the current generations of university postgraduate students are ushering in a new paradigm for research....

As Europe is tending to a knowledge-based economy, clusters, considered as organized networks between companies, especially small and medium-size companies (SME's), need that universities get more and more involved in order to contribute to the development of entrepreneurial and managerial...