Università della Svizzera italiana

Patterns of strategies in Swiss higher education institutions

Fumasoli, Tatiana ; Lepori, Benedetto

In: Higher education, 2011, vol. 61, no. 2, p. 157-178

This paper contributes to the debate on strategic capability of academic organizations by presenting three case studies of Swiss Higher Education Institutions. Strategies are conceived as instruments by which universities manage their organizational processes and deal with their environments in order to select a portfolio of activities and find an appropriate position in the higher education...