Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that academics and professional managers in universities think about their work, its value and organisation. The book highlights the need for space and stimulus to reflect on the responsibilities, roles and expectations that they identify for themselves, and that others place upon them - then, they might be better able to understand and to act. Similarly, policymakers and higher education commentators need the space and stimulus to reflect on the role...
Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that aca...
If the 1980's were the decade of privatization and deregulation, the 1990's should be the decade of regulation. Privatization itself led to the creation of new regulatory bodies, and the continuing merger boom. The rise of transnational corporations and the creation of the single European Market have also prompted regulatory activity. In this volume, industrial economists focus on the process by which governments in market economies deliberately take action to influence economic activity in firms and industries. It aims to provide teachers, students and researchers with a coherent framework...
If the 1980's were the decade of privatization and deregulation, the 1990's should be the decade of regulation. Privatization itself led to the creati...
Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that academics and professional managers in universities think about their work, its value and organisation. The book highlights the need for space and stimulus to reflect on the responsibilities, roles and expectations that they identify for themselves, and that others place upon them - then, they might be better able to understand and to act. Similarly, policymakers and higher education commentators need the space and stimulus to reflect on the role...
Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that aca...
