Recently added articles from Management Revue:

German Universities as State-sponsored Co-operatives**

Apr 01, 2007; Dilger, Alexander ... Most universities in Germany are public firms but they have many properties of co-operatives. The most important thereof are described and analysed together with the characteristics of state-sponsorship. The real companions of the university as a cooperation are its professors. The same is true ...

Future University in Present Times: Autonomy, Governance and The Entrepreneurial University**

Apr 01, 2007; Ibarra-Colado, Eduardo ... The paper discusses the main challenges confronted by Mexican government agencies and universities to deal with the model implemented since the late 1980s in the context of neoliberalism and globalization. Such challenges are associated with the tendencies observed at three levels. First, the ...

Reform of Higher Education and the Return of 'Heroic' Leadership: The Case of Denmark**

Apr 01, 2007; Carney, Stephen ... Denmark is experiencing a comprehensive package of educational reform aimed at enabling that country to recalibrate itself to the demands of the so-called 'global knowledge economy'. In relation to the higher education sector, a new system of university governance is being implemented where ...

The Impacts of University Management on Academic Work: Reform Experiences in Austria and Germany**

Apr 01, 2007; Kehm, Barbara M; Lanzendorf, Ute ... This contribution analyses the impacts of managerial governance on academic work, and more especially on research, comparing German and Austrian universities. First, recent reforms of university governance in the two countries are summarized. Second, the degree of implementation of managerial ...

The Singularity of the German Doctorate as a Signal for Managerial Talent: Causes, Consequences and Future Developments**

Apr 01, 2007; Franck, Egon; Opitz, Christian ... The paper focuses on signaling options for managerial talent under different higher education regimes. The educational paths in a sample of top managers of the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S., France and Germany are consistent with our theoretical conjectures. For the singular ...

Student Relationship Management in Germany - Foundations and Opportunities**

Apr 01, 2007; Hilbert, Andreas; Schönbrunn, Karoline; Schmode, Sophie ... The objective of the article is to introduce to the topic of Student Relationship Management (SRM) in Germany. The concept has been derived from the idea of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM), which has already been successfully implemented in many enterprises. Its objective is to canvass ...

Organizational Fields and Competitive Groups in Higher Education: Some Lessons from the Bachelor/Master Reform in Germany**

Apr 01, 2007; Krücken, Georg ... The implementation of the Bachelor and Master reform in German universities happens at a surprisingly rapid pace. Apparently, a higher education system which by most observers is characterized as being reluctant to change can quickly embrace the Bologna process, which aims at a common European ...

Managing Higher Education: Introduction1

Apr 01, 2007; Grözinger, Gerd; Rodríguez-Gómez, Roberto ... For various reasons, there is currently an extensive debate on the actual situation and the future perspective of higher education systems. Some authors have stressed the difficulties of preserving the university project in the presence of other agencies apparently more effective and profitable ...

Leadership Turnover among University Presidents**

Apr 01, 2007; Röbken, Heinke ... This study examines leadership succession among university presidents. Strategy researchers have emphasized that changing leaders is an important organizational decision which is likely to affect the strategic direction of the organization (e.g. Hambrick/Fukuto mi 1991). Using longitudinal data ...