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Cai, Yuzhuo; Pinheiro, Rómulo; Geschwind, Lars; Aarrevaara, Timo – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This paper tries to develop a conceptual framework for a comprehensive understanding of the merger process, which is regarded as a matter of institutionalization of organizational innovation. In the framework, a number of factors affecting merger process or institutionalization of merger are identified, such as those related to environmental…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, Innovation, Models
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Tienari, Janne; Aula, Hanna-Mari; Aarrevaara, Timo – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
In the Finnish higher education system, government steering and the interests of industry and business have come to focus on the impact of the university in society. In 2010, "Aalto University" was created in a merger of three universities representing different academic fields. The new university developed a forward-looking strategy,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Educational Strategies, Institutional Characteristics