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Higher education across borders: Models of engagement and lessons from corporate strategy

Gore, T. Higher education across borders: Models of engagement and lessons from corporate strategy. The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, 2012.

This paper examines how universities can consider various models for the development of longer-term strategies across borders. It looks at some of the emergent concepts in the development of corporate strategy and how these may be useful for universities. A growing sensitivity to community and enlightened approaches to cultural nuances, as well as increasing concern with risk and protection of reputation through positive social engagement, are some of the key developments mentioned.

The paper develops an analysis of university cross-border strategies into three models of engagement and looks at how each may take into account the lessons from corporate strategy.

  • Global network - established through joint programmes, research and exchanges throughout its membership
  • Focused networks - created through a deeply rooted and multidimensional engagement with a few locations judged to be compatible with the values and competencies in regions perceived to be strategically important for the institution
  • Development of global products - based on an assumption that a coherent and similarly motivated audience can be found at different locations around the world.
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