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The University in the Age of Globalization
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 100.00An informed discussion of the global education market, analysing the rankings system, and the determinants which help universities to advance. The authors examine possible improvements in the promotion and commercialization of university research, and the role of universities in the social and economic development of transition economies. more...
Wissens- und Technologietransfer durch Hochschulen aus einer marktorientierten Perspektive
Springer 2013; US$ 64.99Die Arbeit ermittelt als Zielsetzung Ansatzpunkte dafür, wie Prozesse des Hochschul-Wissens- und Technologietransfers (WTT) erfolgreich gestaltet werden können. Sie beleuchtet Transferaktivitäten aus einer explizit marktorientierten Perspektive und leistet damit einen maßgeblichen Theoriebeitrag. Ausgehend von theoretischen Bezugsgrundlagen... more...
State and Market in Higher Education Reforms
Springer 2012; US$ 69.95Universities have never been static. Even so, it is fair to say they have experienced a most radical transformation in the past twenty years. During this period, the role and responsibility of the state generally have been broadly limited while allowing market forces--private ownership and control--more influence. But even where the state... more...
Education And The Market Place
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 65.95This collection of essays debates the application of market principles to and within the context of education. Throughout, the educational and public policy issues raised by the application of market principles to education are closely examined. more...
The WTO and the University
CRC Press 2006; US$ 70.00This book fills a niche in the literature on trade and higher education services by providing context and analysis of the trade issue in the American higher education context. By and large, the debate about the merits of including higher education services within free trade policies has occurred outside of the United States, even though the U.S. Office... more...
Academic Entrepreneurship in Europe
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Academic Entrepreneurship in Europe Wright, M. Clarysse, B. Mustar, P. Lockett, A. This book advances our understanding of university spin-off creation and development in environments outside the high-tech clusters of the US. While there has been substantial university spin-off activity internationally in recent years, a number of major aspects are... more...
Economics, Competition and Academia
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Contents: Preface 1. Introduction: Markets, Competition and Higher Education 2. Sophism, Academia and Greek Economics 3. Adam Smith and Sophism: Reaction to the Endowment Model 4. Virtue and Early Academia in the US 5. Academia and the Rise of Capitalism in the US 6. Corporate Capitalism and the University as a Business 7. Collegiate Business Schools... more...









