Institutional responses to university rankings: a tale of adaptation and cognitive framing

2021 ◽  
pp. 210-230
Author(s):  
Andrea Bonaccorsi
Keyword(s):  
University Rankings ◽  
Institutional Responses ◽  
Cognitive Framing

scholarly journals A Multicriteria Goal Programming Model for Ranking Universities

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
Fernando García ◽  
Francisco Guijarro ◽  
Javier Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Goal Programming ◽  
Programming Model ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Central Tendency ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
Goal Programming Model ◽  
Objective Quantification

This paper proposes the use of a goal programming model for the objective ranking of universities. This methodology has been successfully used in other areas to analyze the performance of firms by focusing on two opposite approaches: (a) one favouring those performance variables that are aligned with the central tendency of the majority of the variables used in the measurement of the performance, and (b) an alternative one that favours those different, singular, or independent performance variables. Our results are compared with the ranking proposed by two popular World University Rankings, and some insightful differences are outlined. We show how some top-performing universities occupy the best positions regardless of the approach followed by the goal programming model, hence confirming their leadership. In addition, our proposal allows for an objective quantification of the importance of each variable in the performance of universities, which could be of great interest to decision-makers.

scholarly journals Emotional distress, psychosomatic symptoms and their relationship with institutional responses: A survey of Italian frontline medical staff during the Covid-19 pandemic

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. e05766
Author(s):  
Tiziana Marinaci ◽  
Luna Carpinelli ◽  
Claudia Venuleo ◽  
Giulia Savarese ◽  
Pierpaolo Cavallo
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Psychosomatic Symptoms ◽  
Institutional Responses

scholarly journals PROTOCOL: Evidence and gap map protocol: Institutional responses to child maltreatment

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Albers ◽  
Caroline Fiennes ◽  
Aron Shlonsky ◽  
Meghan Finch ◽  
Ludvig Bjørndal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Institutional Responses

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSRS) Initiatives among European and Asian Business Schools: A Web-based Content Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1231-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsin Abdur Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Kashif ◽  
Michela Mingione
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business School ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Practical Implications

The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which MBA programmes offered by top European and Asian B-schools have a corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) orientation as per their websites. The websites of top-200 (based on the QS Global Business and Management University Rankings 2015) European and Asian B-schools were explored and content analysed to reach meaningful conclusions. The findings reveal European B-schools have much stronger CSRS orientation once compared with the Asian B-schools. Furthermore, only few B-schools promote CSRS centres on their websites which has some useful practical implications. This is the first study to explore the CSRS orientation among top-200 European and Asian B-schools based on an analysis of their respective websites. Additionally, a cross-continental comparison between European and Asian MBA programmes is unique to this study. The results have implications for global managers, in general, and business school policymakers, in specific, to embark the CSR initiatives to gain competitive advantage.

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