Learning to Compete in European Universities

Edited by Maureen McKelvey, Professor, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg and Magnus Holmén, School of Business, Engineering and Science, Halmstad University, Sweden

• Contents:Preface1. IntroductionMaureen McKelvey and Magnus Holmén2. Exploring University Alliances and Comparable Academic Cooperation StructuresEnrico Deiaco, Ana M. Gren and Göran Melin3. Strategy to Join the Elite: Merger and the 2015 Agenda at the University of ManchesterLuke Georghiou4. Large-scale International Facilities within the Organization: MAX Lab within Lund UniversityOlof Hallonsten and Mats Benner5. Division of Academic Labour is Limited by the Size of the Market. Strategy and Differentiation of European Universities in Doctoral EducationAndrea Bonaccorsi6. Polarization of the Swedish University Sector: Structural Characteristics and PositioningDaniel Ljungberg, Mattias Johansson and Maureen McKelvey7. The American Experience in University Technology Transfer Maryann P. Feldman and Shiri M. Breznitz8. Academic Patenting in Europe: Evidence on France, Italy and Sweden from the KEINS DatabaseFrancesco Lissoni, Patrick Llerena, Maureen McKelvey and Bulat Sanditov9. The Forgotten Individuals: Attitudes and Skills in Academic Commercialization in SwedenMats Magnusson, Maureen McKelvey and Matteo Versiglioni10. Elite European Universities and the R&D Subsidiaries of Multinational EnterprisesAnders Broström, Maureen McKelvey and Christian Sandström11. Running the MarathonWilliam B. Cowan, Robin Cowan and Patrick Llerena12. What Does it Mean Conceptually that Universities Compete? Enrico Deiaco, Magnus Holmén and Maureen McKelvey13. From Social Institution to Knowledge BusinessEnrico Deiaco, Magnus Holmén and Maureen McKelveyIndex

'One of the most attractive features of the book is that chapters are mostly written by well known experts in the field. . . This is a book that has much to offer scholars researching the changing role of universities, for managers in universities facing the reality of competitive pressures, as well as policy-makers caught up in the "knowledge business" game. The editors have done an excellent job highlighting different aspects of how this game is currently being played.'