Countering recent arguments that we should "unbundle" or "disrupt" higher education, Jason Owen-Smith argues that research universities are unique gems that deserve our financial and social support. While they are complex and costly, their enduring value is threefold: they simultaneously act as...

Ulrich Bremer examines the internationalization process of German public research universities, extracts multiple expected factors of impact from existing theory, tests them against data and thus delivers implications for research and practice. Strategy-based international partnerships,...

This proceedings volume brings together the results of a corporate discussion on research, academic teaching and education in the field of business and economics in the context of globalization. The contributions examine leadership and sustainability, quality and governance and the...

Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Managing academics -- 1. Managing academics -- 2. Academic work and identity -- 3. A question of perspective -- Part II: Key perspectives -- 4. Managerialism -- 5. Professionalism -- 6. Quality of worklife -- 7. Prosocial identity -- Part III: Perspective taking...

Chapter 1. The University Strategy Narrative -- Chapter 2. University Governance -- Chapter 3. What is Strategy? -- Chapter 4 Strategic Frameworks -- Chapter 5. Environment, Competition, Resources & Capabilities -- Chapter 6. Mission, Vision & Values -- Chapter 7. Objectives -- Chapter 8....

1. Einführung und Kernfragen -- 2. Von Wissenschaftsmanagement zu Wissenschaftsleadership -- 3. Blick auf die Wissenschaftswelt in Deutschland -- 4. Fakten über die Führung an deutschen wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen -- 5. Fallbeispiele -- 6. Der Blick von außen: Leadership in Akademia in...