European Universities in Transition

Edited by Carmelo Mazza, University of Malta, Paolo Quattrone, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK and Angelo Riccaboni, Dean, Faculty of Economics Richard M. Goodwin and Professor of Management, Department of Business and Social Studies, University of Siena, Italy

• Contents:Foreword: University Reform – A Prerequisite for Success of Knowledge-based Economy?Kari RaivioIntroduction: Found In Translation? The Persistence of the University as Institution Carmelo Mazza, Paolo Quattrone and Angelo RiccaboniPART I: ISSUES1. University Reforms: The Tension between Form and SubstanceNigel Thrift2. Minerva and the Media: Universities Protecting and Promoting ThemselvesLars Engwall 3. PhD Education – Challenges and Opportunities of EuropeanizationMarie-Laure Djelic4. The Role of Business Schools in the Process of University ReformAnthony G. HopwoodPART II: MODELS5. Bologna and Business Education: Far from a Model, Just a Process for a While…Nicolas Mottis6. New Modes of Governance: The Re-Regulation of European Higher Education and Research Tina Hedmo, Linda Wedlin7. Combining the Production and the Valorization of Academic Research: A Qualitative Investigation of Enacted MechanismsJulie Callaert, Bart Van Looy, Dominique Foray and Koenraad Debackere8. The University is not an Institute of TechnologyGilles Van WijkPART III: CASESi) Governance and Performance Measurement9. Australian Higher Education Transformed: From Central Coordination to ControlSuzanne Ryan, James Guthrie and Ruth Neumann10. Managing Modernization: Introducing Performance Management in British UniversitiesTom Keenoy and Michael I. Reed11. Higher Education Governance, Leadership and Management Reform: Systemic Corporate Governance Reform at City University, LondonIan Creagh and Richard Verrall12. The Structure and Significance of the Italian Research Assessment Exercise (VTR) Eliana Minelli, Gianfranco Rebora and Matteo Turriii) Innovation and Regional Economies13. Education and Training for Innovation in SMEs: A Tale of ExploitationStuart Macdonald, Pat Anderson and Dimitris Assimakopoulos14. European and Regional Disparities in Human Capital: The Case of ItalyPaolo Emilio SignoriniAfterwordPasquale GagliardiIndex

'This attractively presented edited collection is a welcome analysis of issues facing universities. It consists of 14 chapters by experts who work in university management and economics' departments. . . this is an excellent collection. Its value stems from the fact that it enables comparisons to be made and to see that globally the traditional university system is being seriously challenged. The authors in this collection provide a range of perspectives on how the universities in their various locations can begin to respond to these challenges.'