“…In contrast, the Chilean literature on quality and quality assurance does not approach, with rare exceptions [21][22], the relationship between the above-mentioned key factors, i.e., the political economy of the higher education sector, competition in the organizational field, and governance of that field through regulation policies, evaluation, and accreditation [23]. This paper seeks to reduce such gap in knowledge and, in particular, aims to contribute to research about the link between academic capitalism and the accredited quality of universities -a research that, internationally, shows a promising start [24][25][26][27][28].…”