This paper critically evaluates how the rising focus by universities' management on commercial imperatives as manifested in effects such as the commodification of the core teaching function, has resulted in sub-optimal outcomes for students. Informed by a Marxist perspective of the process of...

The main objective of this paper is to present the factors with influence on the sustainable university management and the relationships between them. In the scientific approach we begin from a graphical model, according to which the extracurricular activities together with internal...

In the context of globalization, accounting, as main provider of credible and highly valuable economic information in the decision making process, must keep pace and be constantly adapted to the reality and evolution of the modern society. The knowledge based society awards academic education...

Policy makers in the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) see “autonomous” research universities as increasingly central to “world class” status, technology development and economic innovation. Trustees or regents (US) and external board members (EU) are seen as a marker of...

The advent of increased competition between higher education institutions (HEI) has resulted in a transformation within the education market. To survive in this internationally competitive and hostile market, HEIs must engage in mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders and tailor...

The advent of increased competition between higher education institutions (HEI) has resulted in a transformation within the education market. To survive in this internationally competitive and hostile market, HEIs must engage in mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders and tailor...

The paper aims at describing the delicate matter of the relations between science and business units. Should the enterprises be encouraged to use the research outcome of universities, independent research and development units, Think – Tanks and other science – oriented organizations or...

Equal opportunity is a relatively new concept which first of all must be understood, and then implemented as a premise and note as a result of current activities. Equal opportunity in organizations is a new way of achieving results and the modern management puts it as a necessary principle among...

In 2009 the Agency for Higher Education and Research Funding in Romania launched the ‘Improving University Management’ project, e-platform-based, in which two of the authors were involved. The paper covers: a short literature survey on the characteristics of e-learning platforms; applying an...

Determining the extent to which citation flows, and hence bibliometric indicators based on them, reflect some intrinsic value of scientific works is an important task made very difficult by endogeneity issues. This paper presents an approach which allows to go beyond the abundant anecdotal...