Transforming into Global Universities

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuangmiao Han ◽  
Zhou Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Efficient Strategy ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
World Class ◽  
Generic Strategies ◽  
International Strategies ◽  
University Internationalization

Effective and efficient strategy is central to university internationalization. This study focused on 50 top research universities worldwide to compare their international endeavors through in-depth analysis of their publicly stated international strategies. The study conducted a typological analysis of those world-class research universities at macro, meso and micro levels. The findings point to a set of generic strategies across the universities, as well as various specific strategies at individual universities. We provide a conceptual framework to describe, explain and evaluate university international strategies.

scholarly journals Determining the Priorities of the Development of EU Research Universities Based on the Analysis of Rating Indicators of World-Class Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksym W. Sitnicki
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class

Abstract The object of this research is the activity of 25 leading research universities in the world. One of the most problematic issues is the in-depth analysis of the ranking indicators of world-class research universities in order to identify the priorities for the development of research universities in the European Union. The following scientific methods were used in the research: generalizations, analysis, synthesis, graphical method, and also comparison method. The study is based on data on the global university rankings in QS World University Rankings 2018 and empirical data from publicly available sources provided by the research universities. The article also systematizes the scientific views of the leading scientists of Europe and the world on the course of development of research universities and analyses the experience of implementing joint scientific projects in the EU countries. The importance of international cooperation between research universities in the fields of academic mobility and scientific research is underlined due to the fact that the global challenges and prospects that the research universities in the European Union and the world are facing are transient and create a tough competitive environment. Strengthening their leadership potential and developing entrepreneurial thinking has been revealed as a modern trend in the development of research universities. The article characterizes the 25 best world-class research universities, and the factors which have enabled them to uncover their strengths and systematize the key areas of in-depth specialization. The contrasting differences between the analysed research universities are shown, as there are significant disparities in the total number of students, foreign students and staff of research universities, showing fundamentally different approaches to the organization of educational and research processes, even within a single country. This is due to the fact that the ratio of student per staff representative significantly affects the quality of education. The author proposes the key development priorities for research universities in the European Union, which consist in intensified work on: academic reputation; the number of foreign students; reputation of employers; improvement of the ratio of the number of students to the number of staff; improvement of quality and increase in the number of citations of scientific publications by university researchers; increasing the share of the university’s participation in international educational and scientific networks of other countries and continents.

Multi-disciplinarity as a way to strengthen the positions of Russian technical universities in international rankings

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1798-1817
Author(s):  
Leonid B. SOBOLEV
Keyword(s):  
Research Universities ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Integrated Research ◽  
World Class ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Russian Research

Subject. The article is devoted to the problem of improving the ranking of the leading Russian technical universities by transforming them into multidisciplinary research universities with the limitation of technical faculties (programs) to 40–50% of the admission plan of entrants. Objectives. The study focuses on improving the position of Russian technical universities in international rankings, providing an opportunity for students to change their specialty or shape it, according to the requirements of the employer. Methods. I analyzed the structure of world-class technical universities in terms of differentiation of specialties and methods of improving the rankings. Results. The analysis shows that the leading positions in international rankings belong to multidisciplinary research universities that provide training and conduct integrated research at the intersection of different sciences. Conclusions. There is a need for gradual reforms of Russian research technical universities, in terms of compliance with global trends in multidisciplinarity, differentiation of funding, and research activities. Such reforms can be carried out in the form of mergers and creation of network structures on the basis of agreements on cooperation between technical universities and research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

scholarly journals Classification and Measurement of the Firms’ Resources and Capabilities Applied to Eco-Innovation Projects from a Resource-Based View Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Portillo-Tarragona ◽  
Sabina Scarpellini ◽  
Jose Moneva ◽  
Jesus Valero-Gil ◽  
Alfonso Aranda-Usón
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Resources And Capabilities

Interest from academics, policy–makers and practitioners in eco-innovation has increased as it enables the optimization of the use of natural resources improving competitiveness and it provides a conceptual framework for corporate sustainability. In this context, this paper provides an in-depth analysis and a wide classification of the specific indicators for the integrated measurement of eco-innovation projects in business from a resource-based view (RBV). The specific metrics were tested to measure the economic-financial and environmental resources and capabilities applied by five Spanish firms to eco-innovation projects, selected as case studies.

scholarly journals Building World-Class Universities: Some Insights & Predictions

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Aithal ◽  
Shubhrajyotsna Aithal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
Privatization Of Higher Education ◽  
World Class ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
Generic Strategies

Innovations in higher education model are finding importance than ever before due to enhanced higher education institutions and the advancement in technology adopted mass education opportunities. After privatization of higher education, there is an enhanced competition between universities to attract students globally. Universities are competing with each other in terms of their physical and intellectual assets. It is postulated that the six essential assets to be developed by a university based on our predictive analysis for the growth and prosper as world-class university are (1) Physical infrastructure, (2) Digital infrastructure, (3) Innovative academic & training Infrastructure for confidence building, (4) Intellectual property infrastructure, (5) Emotional infrastructure, and (6) Networked infrastructure. In this paper, we have determined the primary focus of these infrastructures along with their essential objectives in detail. We have also discussed the various generic strategies to be followed to develop such infrastructures along the lifecycle of the university including Survival, Sustainability, Differentiation, and Growth & prosperity are analysed. The necessary and sufficient conditions of developing such infrastructures using all the above strategies towards building World-class universities are identified. It is estimated that Physical, Digital, and Innovative Academic infrastructures are necessary conditions and Intellectual Property, Emotional, and Network infrastructures are sufficient conditions respectively.

A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Academics Commercialization Decision at Malaysian Research Universities

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-92
Author(s):  
Hafizul Othman ◽  
Rosni Abdullah ◽  
Nasriah Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Curriculum Vitae ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies

Objective- – This paper seeks to explore the heterogeneity of academic personal attributes that influence their entrepreneurial decisions and proposes a unique window of understanding the diversity of their personal attributes towards their commercialization approaches Methodology/Technique This research adopts Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) of Straussian approach particularly the constructivist-interpretivist epistemology with extension to multiple case studies. Theoretical sampling is used to select a total of 42 academics of ICT faculties from five Malaysian research universities (RUs). Semi-structured interviews are used to elicit information in relation to their research and commercialization activities. Findings Based on interviewees' transcripts and their Curriculum Vitae (CV), we inductively develop a conceptual framework to explain the phenomenon of how academics choose their commercialization approaches. Novelty - This paper is expected to give a new inside into the existing academic entrepreneurship literature. To the practitioners, it helps them to better understand the heterogeneity of academics and therefore should facilitate them to nurture such commercialization efforts. Type of Paper Empirical Keywords: Academic entrepreneurship; Technology transfer; Commercialization; Malaysian university; Personal attributes.

The Worldwide Instantiation of the University

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
David John Frank ◽  
John W. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Research Universities ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
The University ◽  
University Expansion

This chapter describes the multi-dimensional expansion of the university, focusing especially on its accumulating numbers and global diffusion. It stresses the transcendence and universalism of the university at the global level. It also analyzes how university expansion is expected to occur earlier and more fully in the global core than in the global periphery, in democracies than in dictatorships, in the natural sciences than in the social sciences or humanities, and in world-class research universities more than local teaching colleges. The chapter highlights the university as a global institution and the global knowledge society that arises upon it. It examines the spread of universities around the world and studies local instances of a general model that is a central point to sociological neo-institutional theory.

Freedom of Association as a Core Labor Right and the ILO: Toward a Normative Framework

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faina Milman-Sivan
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
Freedom Of Association ◽  
Normative Framework ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Labor Right

Freedom of association operates as an organizational "meta-norm," appreciated both as an independent value and as a touchstone for the institutional design of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Despite the renewed interest of the ILO in various aspects of the norm, its understanding of freedom of association lacks a comprehensive normative framework. This article presents such a conceptual framework and a critical in-depth analysis of current ILO freedom of association jurisprudence. Freedom of association should be understood in terms of equitable dialogue (ED), a term offered and developed herein, as an understanding that is already partly embedded in ILO jurisprudence.

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