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Conference Paper: The cumulative advantage theory and the world-class university movement
| Title | The cumulative advantage theory and the world-class university movement |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Keywords | Academic research |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Publisher | All Academic, Inc.. |
| Citation | The 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22-27 April 2012, p. 1-16 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | This paper examines the tensions between the concentration and dispersal of academic capital in the process of internationalization of research universities. The study is guided by two theoretical perspectives: Robert Merton's theory of cumulative advantage/disadvantage in science, and Philip Altbach's theoretical viewpoint on the centre-periphery divide in the world class university movement. The tensions between the local and the global, as well as between centralization and decentralization, as they relate to the creation of cumulative advantages in science, are discussed through comparative analysis of research governance systems in Canada, China, Russia and the ... |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/187687 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Oleksiyenko, A | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-21T07:09:15Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-21T07:09:15Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 56th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22-27 April 2012, p. 1-16 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/187687 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the tensions between the concentration and dispersal of academic capital in the process of internationalization of research universities. The study is guided by two theoretical perspectives: Robert Merton's theory of cumulative advantage/disadvantage in science, and Philip Altbach's theoretical viewpoint on the centre-periphery divide in the world class university movement. The tensions between the local and the global, as well as between centralization and decentralization, as they relate to the creation of cumulative advantages in science, are discussed through comparative analysis of research governance systems in Canada, China, Russia and the ... | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | All Academic, Inc.. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 56th CIES Annual Meeting 2012 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic research | - |
| dc.title | The cumulative advantage theory and the world-class university movement | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Oleksiyenko, PA: paoleks@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Oleksiyenko, A=rp00945 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 219411 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.spage | 1 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.epage | 16 | en_US |