... and even identify with the quantitative representations of themselves in a translation process. Design/methodology/approach The research involved a longitudinal, self-ethnographic case study that followed the accreditation process of one Nordic business school from 2015 to 2021. Findings...

... procedures, and how the limited freedom posed by accreditation schemes is used by HEIs by way of translation. Through document studies of policy documents and the institutional self-assessment reports, the paper follows the concept of quality from the international level to the Danish national level...

... and Hoque’s review article, a number of theoretical perspectives have been applied in research on MAIs, including innovation diffusion theory, the sociology of translation, institutional theory and management fashion theory (Zawawi and Hoque, 2010). The management fashion perspective has also...