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The Economic Analysis of Universities
Susanne Warning
This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of strategic positioning of public universities. The concept of strategic groups from management theory and a formal equilibrium model of differentiation under strategic interaction... -
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Management Education and Humanities
Edited by Pasquale Gagliardi, Barbara Czarniawska
Management Education and Humanities argues that management teachers and researchers seem to be increasingly dissatisfied with the way managers are usually educated in western countries. It claims that educational practices and methods wo...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Discussing Economics
Michael K. Salemi, W. L. Hansen
Discussing Economics treats discussion – meaning formal consideration of questions about a reading – as a new approach to learning economics. Setting out a detailed approach modeled on the ideas of Mortimer Adler and the Great Books Foun...eBook:Find out more$51.16
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Teaching Economics
Edited by William E. Becker, Michael Watts, Suzanne R. Becker
This fascinating sequel to the 1998 Teaching Economics to Undergraduates provides more alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates university economics teaching. Distinguished contributing authors provide a wide ra...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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The New Balancing Act in the Business of Higher Education
Edited by Robert L. Clark, Madeleine d’Ambrosio
In this volume, higher education leaders explore the challenges facing colleges and universities operating in today’s environment with constrained budgets and discuss a variety of strategies and solutions being employed to help ensure th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Entrepreneurship Education
Edited by Alain Fayolle, Heinz Klandt
This book discusses paradigmatic changes in the field of entrepreneurship education in response to economic, political and social needs, and the consequential need to reassess, redevelop and renew curricula and methods used in teaching e...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ranking Business Schools
Linda Wedlin
International comparisons and rankings of universities and business schools have proliferated in recent years. Ranking Business Schools provides a welcome analysis of this development and its implications for the field of management educ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Recruitment, Retention and Retirement in Higher Education
Edited by Robert L. Clark, Jennifer Ma
This volume examines some of the most pressing employment and compensation issues confronting academic administrators. Contributors discuss topics such as: ageing of faculty, changing economic conditions and shifts in faculty employme...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Professions, Competence and Informal Learning
Graham Cheetham, Geoff Chivers
This book takes a fresh look at professions – their history and sociology, and at the nature both of professional practice and professional competence.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cost Control, College Access, and Competition in Higher Education
Robert E. Martin
Quality has never been more important for the future of higher education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of control, a governance system that will not p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Academic Entrepreneurship
Scott Shane
In this unique and timely volume, Scott Shane systematically explains the formation of university spinoff companies and their role in the commercialization of university technology and wealth creation in the United States and elsewhere. ...eBook:Find out more$71.16
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Globalization and Marketization in Education
Ka-Ho Mok, Jason Tan
Globalization has effected tremendous change to the character and functions of education worldwide. This unique book focuses on its impact upon Hong Kong and Singapore, and how these two East Asian Tigers have responded to the strong glo...eBook:Find out more$40.00