The societal role of universities and their alliances: the case of the EuroTeQ Engineering University
Lukas Fuchs,
Carlos Cuevas-Garcia,
Gunter Bombaerts
Abstract:We analyse the creation of European university alliances as an effort to build learning networks between universities in light of newly perceived needs in Europe. The rationales for such alliance formation include cultural integration, grand societal challenges and reforms in the European innovation ecosystem. We consider how alliance formation may be instrumental in achieving closer cooperation and understand alliances as learning networks where universities can share know-how, define strategies and pursue mo… Show more
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