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Article: The relationship between competition and programmatic diversification
Title | The relationship between competition and programmatic diversification |
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Keywords | University competition diversification specialisation student demand Italian higher education system |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03075079.asp |
Citation | Studies in Higher Education, 2019, v. 44 n. 7, p. 1222-1240 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In this study, we analyse the relationship between competition and programmatic diversification in 75 Italian universities from the academic years of 2003/2004 to 2011/2012. Results show that local competition, rather than national competition, influences programmatic diversification. The relationship between local competition and programmatic diversification is found to be quadratic such that when competition increases, diversification decreases and specialisation increases, and both relationships are reversed after a certain threshold. We argue that under moderate levels of competition, universities tend to respond to local competition for students by differentiating their programmatic offerings from their competitors. However, when the level of competition is minimum or extreme, universities tend to follow an isomorphic strategy. After the reduction in student demand and the reform of the higher education system in 2008/2009, the relationship was no longer curvilinear because universities operating in extremely competitive environments began to adopt more risk-taking behaviour by engaging in diversification strategies. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/274084 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.614 |
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dc.contributor.author | Cattaneo, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Horta, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Malighetti, P | - |
dc.contributor.author | Meoli, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Paleari, S | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-18T14:54:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-18T14:54:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Studies in Higher Education, 2019, v. 44 n. 7, p. 1222-1240 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0307-5079 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/274084 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this study, we analyse the relationship between competition and programmatic diversification in 75 Italian universities from the academic years of 2003/2004 to 2011/2012. Results show that local competition, rather than national competition, influences programmatic diversification. The relationship between local competition and programmatic diversification is found to be quadratic such that when competition increases, diversification decreases and specialisation increases, and both relationships are reversed after a certain threshold. We argue that under moderate levels of competition, universities tend to respond to local competition for students by differentiating their programmatic offerings from their competitors. However, when the level of competition is minimum or extreme, universities tend to follow an isomorphic strategy. After the reduction in student demand and the reform of the higher education system in 2008/2009, the relationship was no longer curvilinear because universities operating in extremely competitive environments began to adopt more risk-taking behaviour by engaging in diversification strategies. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03075079.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Studies in Higher Education | - |
dc.rights | Preprint: This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. Postprint: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. | - |
dc.subject | University competition | - |
dc.subject | diversification | - |
dc.subject | specialisation | - |
dc.subject | student demand | - |
dc.subject | Italian higher education system | - |
dc.title | The relationship between competition and programmatic diversification | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Horta, H: horta@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Horta, H=rp01959 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03075079.2018.1428947 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85041219943 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 302134 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 44 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1222 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1240 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000470672100009 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0307-5079 | - |