nep-sog New Economics Papers
on Sociology of Economics
Issue of 2006‒05‒13
two papers chosen by
Jonas Holmstrom
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration

  1. CONSIDERATIONS ON UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES: MOTIVES, RISKS AND CHARACTERISTICS By Deiaco, Enrico; Melin, Göran
  2. Product Differentiation or Spatial Monopoly? The Market Areas of Austrian Universities in Business Education By Gunther Maier

  1. By: Deiaco, Enrico (CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology); Melin, Göran (CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Royal Institute of Technology)
    Abstract: The main emphasis of this study has been to explore the phenomenon of creating alliances between universities. Alliances are a response to a hardened international competitive climate. An examination of ten alliances during the recent years is carried out, and the motives behind as well as the outcomes of them are analysed. The analysis indicates that there are threats and risks at play side by side of large opportunities. An alliance should be able to increase the interface between the universities on many levels and also create more opportunities for establishing powerful forms of cooperation to compete for international grants, programmes and corporate funding. Some policy implications and recommendations are given in the end.
    Keywords: university alliance; university merger; academic collaboration; strategic alliance
    JEL: O19 O39
    Date: 2006–05–05
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:cesisp:0064&r=sog
  2. By: Gunther Maier
    Date: 2006
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwsre:sre-disc-2006_03&r=sog

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