Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy: - Diversification and Organizational Change in European Higher

Informationen zum Autor Michael Shattock is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Education! University of London and was leader of the EUEREK project on which this book is based. He has published widely in higher education: his most recent books are Managing Successful Universities (Open University Press! 2003) and Managing Good Governance in Higher Education (Open University Press! 2006). Klappentext How entrepreneurial are European universities? Perhaps more than is generally realised. What are the factors that encourage entrepreneurialism to flourish in research! technology transfer! teaching! regional engagement and internationalization? How do different kinds of HEIs - ! comprehensive! specialist! regional or private - ! address these issues? What are the conditions which stimulate or inhibit the "academic entrepreneur"? And in what forms does entrepreneurialism contribute to the knowledge economy?This book! which is the product of a major EU funded research programme and is based on twenty-seven institutional case studies! attempts to offer answers to these questions through a series of cross national thematic studies. It considers how national systemic characteristics in financial arrangements! human resource management and institutional governance impact on entrepreneurialism and suggests ways in which individual initiative can be released and universities freed up to make their contribution to the EU Lisbon Strategy. Zusammenfassung This book! which is the product of a major EU funded research programme and is based on twenty-seven institutional case studies! attempts to offer answers to these questions through a series of cross national thematic studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of case studies List of abbreviations Lists of tables! figures and charts Preface Michael Shattock 1.Entrepreneurialism and organisational change in higher education Michael Shattock 2.Finance and entrepreneurial activity in higher education in a knowledge society Gareth Williams 3.Research! technology and knowledge transfer Michael Shattock 4.Teaching and learning: an entrepreneurial perspective Paul Temple 5.Human resource management and the generation of entrepreneurialism Michael Shattock 6.Governance! organisational change! and entrepreneurialism Jose-Gines Mora and Maria-Jose Vieira 7.Entrepreneurialism and Private Universities Marek Kwiek 8.Entrepreneurialism and the internationalisation of higher education in a knowledge economy Raphaelle Martinez in collaboration with Igor Kitaev 9.Impediments! inhibitors and barriers to university entrepreneurialism Bruce Henry Lambert 10.The dilemmas of the changing university Risto Rinne and Jenni Koivula 11.Entrepreneurialism and the knowledge economy in Europe: some conclusions from the study Michael Shattock Appendix: A statistical overview Gareth Williams ...

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• Authors: Michael Shattock
• Assisted by: Michael Shattock (Editor)
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2008
• EAN: 9780335235711
• ISBN: 978-0-335-23571-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Higher Education OUP
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education