9783319219172 - Mergers in Higher Education: The Experience from Northern Europe (Higher Education Dynamics, 46, Band 46) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This bookaddresses the critical knowledge gaps of mergers involving higher education institutions. It is based on a comparative research project (spring 2013-spring 2015) investigating the phenomena of mergers involving higher education institutions across the Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The study involved close to 30 scholars from the region, and aimed at shedding critical light on, and providing novel contributions around, the following key aspects:Conceptual and theoretical approaches - strengths and limitations - towards the study of the phenomena of mergers in higher education;Historical developments, leading to significant structural changes in the domestic higher education landscape, and, in turn, how mergers have been used as a policy/institutional mechanism to foster adaptation to a new external environment at the local, national, regional and international levels;The complex dynamicsinherent to merger processesby undertaking an in-depth investigation of a series of selected case studies, with a particular focus on the 'black-box' associated with the implementation process; The implications of the findings as regards future policy and strategic endeavours, theory development and future research agenda.