Since the 1990s, there have been more than 400 cases of university mergers in China,
representing various types and involving 1000 public institutions. While China has provided …

While studies dealing with issues related to innovations in higher education proliferate, there
has been little consensus on key concepts and central issues for research. To respond to the …

Распространение концепции нового государственного управления (new public
management) повлекло за собой рост количества исследований результатов …

Higher education worldwide is facing unprecedented challenges, driven by rapid growth in
mobility, communication, technology, and demands for skills and credentials—all fostering …

In recent decades, many higher education systems around the world have been exposed to
institutional mergers. While the rationale for mergers has often been related to issues of …

This paper focuses on the effect of merger policies in Russia on universities' efficiency. We
consider one particular policy of non-voluntary mergers conducted by the Ministry of …

This paper investigates inefficiency/merger dynamics in the English higher education sector
from 1996–97 to 2008–9. Merging can lead to greater efficiency, and this is the motivation …

Acting as a governmental tool to enhance competitiveness and integrate research and
education by merging a local university and a provincial academy of sciences, this case …

This paper intends to construct an analytical framework for understanding quality assurance
in international joint programmes and to test it in a case analysis of a European–Chinese …

This chapter addresses the following research question: what can be learnt from public
sector mergers that could assist in the planning and execution of successful strategic …