Towards a Multiversity? Universities between Global Trends and National Traditions

Decision-Making Power and Institutional Logic in Higher Education Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of European Universities

“…On the one hand, policy pressures are changing European universities from being administrated organizations towards being managed organizations, with stronger central leadership and strategic capability (Kru¨cken, Kosmu¨tzky, & Torka, 2007), where principles of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and central strategic control are introduced (Christopher & Leung, 2015;de Boer, Enders, & Leisyte, 2007;Enders, Kehm, & Schimank, 2015;Kogan, Bauer, Bleiklie, & Henkel, 2006). On the other hand, there is a great deal of variation in this process (Sahlin, 2012), and changes are rather gradual and incremental (Musselin, 2007).…”

Humboldt Meets Schumpeter? Interpreting the ‘Entrepreneurial Turn’ in European Higher Education

“…One of Kerr's original aims was to call attention towards the fact that what had once been a community (of like-minded individuals) was now more like a city, a "city of infinite variety" (p. 102). Krücken et al (2007) contend that Kerr's notion of the multiversity challenged the classic 19 th century "idea of the university" promulgated by either Wilhelm von Humboldt (Nybom 2003) or Cardinal Newman (Newman 1999). Inspired on the humanistic tradition, the former conceived of the university as a place for character formation and self-cultivation 1 It is worth noting that there are significant differences amongst universities across Europe, aligned with the historical models being adopted.…”

“…Going back to the beginning of this essay, and the notion of the multiversity (Kerr 2001;Krücken et al 2007), it is worth paraphrasing renown sociologist Manuel Castells who contends that:…”

Office of Technology Transfer at the University as a strategy to promote innovation and competitiveness. Case: Hidalgo State, México

“…Por lo anterior, con visión global y con miras a la internacionalización, las Universidades reconocen una nueva forma de llevar a cabo el proceso de I+D, de naturaleza cooperativa o en colaboración con otros agentes, así como el diseño de nuevos espacios de transferencia y creación de conocimiento a través de estructuras como las Oficinas de Transferencia Tecnológica (OTT) que permitan dirigir el proceso de transferencia del conocimiento tecno-científico hacia la generación de innovación (Bueno, 2007) así como constituir una forma institucionalizada de transportar y canalizar ideas, invenciones e innovaciones de los investigadores y cuerpos académicos a la industria de la región y a la sociedad (Hülsbeck et al, 2011) esto dado que las innovaciones y su comercialización están basadas en los efectos de las interacciones entre investigadores e industria, acordes con la tendencia mundial de establecer estructuras organizacionales especializadas, diseñadas para servir de puente entre universidades e industria (Krücken et al, 2007).…”