... capital, including Human Capital, Structural Capital and Relational Capital, and performances, evaluated in financial and non-financial terms. This study provides an empirical analysis on Italian Universities, comparing the ranking distributions obtained by several efficiency and multi-criteria methods...

...Professor Fernando Robles; Matthew Walker Purpose – Several factors are known to influence donations to university athletic departments including previous donations and university affiliation. This research aims to build on prior work by examining whether a university's environmental management...

...Lindsay Ryan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore why corporations are forming corporate education partnerships with universities and the role of corporate education programmes. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the findings from quantitative research involving 79...

... in this area, the research focuses on several aspects of the communication‐commitment framework not previously examined. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Marketing Outsourcing Partnership Universities The idea of marketing a product or service to the public is a function so central...

...Lindsay Ryan Purpose Collaborations between universities and industry to develop and deliver customised corporate education programs are increasing. The purpose of this paper is to assist managers to make an informed decision on the structure and approach to their corporate education programs...

...A. Adcroft; S. Kothari; R.D. Handscombe Purpose In this paper universities are considered to be central to a knowledge‐driven economy. UK employers value generic skills more highly in employees where disciplinary‐based understanding is assumed to be on a par. Enterprise education should, therefore...

...David Wicks Tenure, the permanency of employment offered to university professors, is discussed in the context of an institutionalized practice. This article examines the bases of legitimacy of this institution, specifically as a mechanism to protect academic freedom and trade‐off for higher pay...

...Alberto Carneiro This paper is concerned with some aspects of management education and intends to discuss the relationships among universities, teaching techniques, management educators, and information and communication technologies. Adopting an adequate perspective of the relationship between...

... effective management educators and scholars?” The roles of management educators in Australia include those employed in staff development in organizations, management consultants and academic staff in business schools and management departments of universities. This paper focuses on management education...

...Jarmo Vakkuri; Pentti Meklin The paper examines the performance measurement (PM) of knowledge organizations as problems of search (design mode) and application (use mode). The argumentation of the paper focuses on university organizations as a case of illustration in examining limitations in PM...

... an alternative model that would serve to chart a more balanced course. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Business schools Universities Industry Conflict Graduates The history of higher education in business in the USA can be characterized as a set of pendulum swings between the interests...

... of authority and responsibility, elimination of confusion in the preparation of a strategic plan, facilitation of information flow and better motivation of the university community. Institutional quality depends to a large degree on how well academic activity is integrated into the actual institution...