Transnational Alliances in Higher Education

Hana Fehrenbach defended her doctorate at the Faculty of Cultural, Social and Educational Sciences at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany in 2022, which she pursued as the recipient of the Elsa Neumann Scholarship of the State of Berlin. Hana also holds a Master and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen’s University in Canada.

• Introduction.- Mapping the state of the art on transnational strategic alliances through a (systematic) literature review.- Strategic change or inertia? Theoretical underpinnings, framework and expectations.- Research Design and Methodology.- The empirical journey begins: meanings of transnational strategic alliances.- Positioning through transnational strategic alliances – rationales for the “why”.- Selection, Management and Evaluation of Transnational Strategic Alliances – the “how”.- Benefits of transnational strategic alliances.- Discussion.- Transnational strategic alliances as a response to the institutional environment: Concluding remarks.- Bibliography.