The university, as a transnational organization, has undergone important changes in the interactions of scientists at the individual, institutional, and organizational levels -- especially since the 1990’s. Furthermore, there have been profound improvements in opportunities for communication...

Explores the growing overlap of universities and industries in developing new technology for private gain, and how that blurring of boundaries impacts a university's traditional mission of teaching and research and the claim for public funding. The 14 studies, from a January 1996 workshop in...

This study examines the primary external control mechanism of universities (i.e. international rankings) to assess their knowledge exploration and exploitation performance. A taxonomy of indicators from the perspective of ambidexterity is presented. The most prestigious global university...