Opportunities and challenges of Higher Education institutions in Europe: An analysis from a business model perspective

Abstract

During the last decades, there has been increasing interest in the role of the university as a key stakeholder and agent in innovation and regional development. In the face of new technologies, especially growing digitalisation and new societal and economic challenges, this paper proposes to reconsider the role of the university in the innovation system. More particularly, we introduce the idea of a business model for the entrepreneurial university of the future and develop nine conceptual theses. The theses are based on four elements of a business model concept: value proposition, creation, delivery and capture. With the help of the nine theses, we aim to trigger new discussions regarding policy implications for the future university in Europe.

Higher education in a material world: Constraints to digital innovation in Portuguese universities and polytechnic institutes

“…All these are linked to a core dimension, which involves the strategic transformation of institutional processes. One transversal facet of all dimensions is technology, particularly digital technology (Brennan et al 2014;Marshall 2018b;Posselt et al 2018).…”

“…At the same time, HEIs are faced with considerable constraints that may prevent actions from being taken and transformation from being achieved. These include financial and funding constraints; lack of digital infrastructure, resources, and technical support; supportive institutional governance; or individual attitudes toward digital technologies (Ávila et al 2017;Kezar and Eckel 2002;Kezar 2018;Lašáková et al 2017;Marshall 2018a;Posselt et al 2018).…”

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“…As an institution of service providers, especially private education service provider, the integrated Islamic school must be able to read and fulfill the demands of parents and society in general. The institution of service providers that fail to analyze community demand will certainly have difficulty in attracting new students (Posselt et al, 2019). This will eventually correlate to the school"s ability to develop the school to be a more advanced level since they rely on the tuition paid by the students.…”

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“…Second, Posselt, Abdelkafi, Fischer, and Tangour () show that, during the last decades, there has been increasing interest in the role of the university as a key stakeholder and agent in the innovation ecosystem and regional development. In the face of new challenges, especially growing digitalisation and deeper societal chiasms and economic crises, the paper revisits the managerial style of the university in Europe, proposing the concept of a business model for universities, suggesting an entrepreneurial spirit and way of thinking for universities to remain in their role of knowledge innovators and transmitters.…”