ERIC Number: EJ827779
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-354X
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The Effects of University Mergers in China since 1990s: From the Perspective of Knowledge Production
Mao, Ya-qing; Du, Yuan; Liu, Jing-juan
International Journal of Educational Management, v23 n1 p19-33 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discover and better understand the efficiency of university mergers from the perspective of knowledge production, with the research capability as the point of contact. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 20 colleges and universities directly under the central ministries that merged in 2000 were taken as the research samples. Factor analysis methods are adopted to calculate the public factor scores, which were taken as the basis of the time series analysis and similar comparative analysis. Findings: The results indicated that, by the end of 2005, the reform of universities merger as a positive impact on the universities' knowledge production, but there was a "short-term prosperity" after the merger happened, especially in the aspect of scientific research funding efficiency and the transformation of knowledge production outcomes. Originality/value: Few if any mergers are painless and in the literature on mergers it is generally agreed that it can take up to ten years for the wounds to heal and for the new institution forged from previously autonomous identities to operate as a cohesive and well integrated whole. (Contains 8 figures, 5 tables and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Research and Development, Productivity, Factor Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Financial Support, Scientific Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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