000752390 000__ 04842cam\a2200541Ii\4500 000752390 001__ 752390 000752390 005__ 20230306141411.0 000752390 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000752390 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000752390 008__ 151109s2016\\\\sz\\\\\\o\\\\\000\0\eng\d 000752390 019__ $$a929050849$$a936860699 000752390 020__ $$a9783319219189$$q(electronic book) 000752390 020__ $$a3319219189$$q(electronic book) 000752390 020__ $$z9783319219172 000752390 020__ $$z3319219170 000752390 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn928384660 000752390 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)928384660$$z(OCoLC)929050849$$z(OCoLC)936860699 000752390 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dN$T$$dIDEBK$$dCDX$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCF$$dEBLCP$$dCOO 000752390 043__ $$ae------ 000752390 049__ $$aISEA 000752390 050_4 $$aLB2341.8.E85 000752390 08204 $$a378.100285$$223 000752390 24500 $$aMergers in higher education$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe experience from Northern Europe /$$cRómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Timo Aarrevaara, editors. 000752390 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c[2016] 000752390 264_4 $$c©2016 000752390 300__ $$a1 online resource. 000752390 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000752390 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000752390 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000752390 4901_ $$aHigher education dynamics ;$$v46 000752390 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 000752390 5050_ $$aAcknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Chapter Authors; Part I: Setting the Stage; Chapter 1: A World Full of Mergers: The Nordic Countries in a Global Context; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Higher Education Mergers: Taking Stock of the Existing Literature; 1.2.1 The Rationale for Merging; 1.2.2 The Black Box of the Merger Process; 1.2.3 Outcomes and Success Factors; 1.2.4 Mergers in Nordic Higher Education; 1.3 Organizational Perspectives on Mergers; 1.3.1 Population Ecology; 1.3.2 Structural Contingency Theory; 1.3.3 Resource-Dependence Theory; 1.3.4 Path-Dependence Theory; 1.3.5 Network Theory 000752390 5058_ $$a1.3.6 New Institutional Theory1.3.7 Cultural-Related Approaches; 1.4 Nordic Universities: Between the State, the Market and the Oligarchy; 1.5 The Rationale for This Volume and Its Scope; 1.5.1 Part I; 1.5.2 Part II; 1.5.3 Part III; 1.5.4 Part IV; References; Part II: Path Dependencies & System Dynamics; Chapter 2: Mergers in Norwegian Higher Education; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Institutional Logics as a Perspective to Analyse Mergers; 2.3 Three Phases of Mergers; 2.3.1 Phase 1: The Merger of Regional Colleges in 1994; 2.3.2 Phase 2: 2000-2013: Voluntary Merger Processes 000752390 5058_ $$a2.3.2.1 Individual Advancement2.3.2.2 Merger with a University; 2.3.2.3 The Creation of a Network University; 2.3.3 Phase 3: 2014 and Beyond: State Initiated Forced Mergers; 2.4 Mergers as Solutions, Drivers, and Mediators of Change; References; Chapter 3: Conflicting Rationalities: Mergers and Consolidations in Swedish Higher Education Policy; 3.1 Introduction and Historical Background; 3.2 Analytical Starting-Point: Actor-Centred Institutionalism; 3.3 The Current Form of University Governance; 3.4 The Policy Development: From Widening Participation to Research Excellence 000752390 5058_ $$a3.5 Possibilities and Constraints of University Mergers3.5.1 University College Kalmar and Växjö University; 3.5.2 Uppsala University and University College Gotland; 3.5.3 Stockholm Institute of Education and Stockholm University; 3.5.4 Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Art; 3.5.5 Stockholm University of the Arts; 3.5.6 Örebro University and Mälardalen University College; 3.5.7 A West Sweden University; 3.5.8 A Large Capital University; 3.5.9 Lund University and South Sweden Partner; 3.6 Concluding Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Merger Mania? 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