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The European university landscape : A micro characterization based on evidence from the Aquameth project

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  • Cinzia Daraio

    (UNIBO - Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna = University of Bologna)

  • Andrea Bonaccorsi

    (University of Pisa - Università di Pisa)

  • Aldo Geuna

    (UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin, Department of Economics "S. Cognetti de Martiis" - UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin, BRICK (Bureau of Resarch on Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge) - Collegio Carlo Alberto, EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management)

  • Benedetto Lepori

    (USI - Università della Svizzera italiana = University of Italian Switzerland)

  • Laurent Bach

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Peter Bogetoft

    (CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen])

  • Margarida Fonseca Cardoso

    (CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research [Matosinhos, Portugal] - Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto = University of Porto)

  • Elena Castro-Martinez

    (INGENIO - Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento = Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management - CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] - UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia)

  • Gustavo Crespi

    (IDB - Inter-American Development Bank - Inter-American Development Bank)

  • Ignacio Fernández de Lucio

    (INGENIO - Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento = Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management - CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] - UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia)

  • Harold Fried

    (Union College)

  • Adela García-Aracil

    (INGENIO - Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento = Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management - CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] - UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia)

  • Annamaria Inzelt

    (Corvinus University of Budapest)

  • Ben Jongbloed

    (Center for Higher Education Policy Studies - University of Twente)

  • Gerhard Kempkes

    (TU Dresden - Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology, Deutsche Bundesbank - Deutsche Bundesbank)

  • Patrick Llerena

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Mireille Matt

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Maria Olivares

    (UZH - Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich)

  • Carsten Pohl

    (IAB - Institut für Angewandte Biowissenschaften - KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology = Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)

  • Tarmo Raty

    (METLA - Finnish Forest Research Institute - LUKE - Natural Resources Institute Finland)

  • Maria J. Rosa

    (CIPES - Centre de Recherche du Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior - Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade de Aveiro)

  • Cláudia S. Sarrico

    (CIPES - Centre de Recherche du Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior - Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade de Aveiro)

  • Léopold Simar

    (UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain)

  • Stig Slipersaeter

    (NIFU - Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education)

  • Pedro N. Teixeira

    (CIPES - Centre de Recherche du Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior - Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, LIACC - Faculdade de Economia - Universidade do Porto = University of Porto)

  • Philippe Vanden Eeckaut

    (Université de Lille)

Abstract

This paper provides a new and systematic characterization of 488 universities, from 11 European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and UK. Using micro indicators built on the integrated Aquameth database, we characterize the European university landscape according to the following dimensions: history/foundation of university, dynamics of growth, specialization pattern, subject mix, funding composition, offer profile and productivity.

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  • Cinzia Daraio & Andrea Bonaccorsi & Aldo Geuna & Benedetto Lepori & Laurent Bach & Peter Bogetoft & Margarida Fonseca Cardoso & Elena Castro-Martinez & Gustavo Crespi & Ignacio Fernández de Lucio & Ha, 2011. "The European university landscape : A micro characterization based on evidence from the Aquameth project," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) hal-01804931, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:gemptp:hal-01804931
    DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.10.009
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