Contents: Foreword -- 1. Introduction: From diversity of interpretations to sustainability of institutions / Päivi Eriksson, Ulla Hytti, Katri Komulainen, Tero Montonen and Päivi Siivonen -- Higher education policy and administration on the move -- 2. The role of European Union in creating...

1. Re-building University Capabilities: Public Policy Implications to Innovation and Technology -- 2. Re-building Universities Capabilities: Managerial Implications to Innovation and Technology -- 3. Re-building University Entrepreneurial Capabilities: A Theoretical Approach -- 4. Re-building...

A personal perspective on the selling of academia / Donald G. Stein -- College Sports, Inc. / Murray Sperber -- The benefits and cost of commercialization of the academy / Derek Bok -- Increased commercialization of the academy following the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 / Mary Good -- Delicate balance...

This book addresses the critical issue of how and why European universities are changing and learning to compete. 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. The authors argue...