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Palumbo, R, Cavallone, M, Ciasullo, MV and Douglas, JA (2019) Framing higher education quality from a business perspective: setting the conditions for enhanced value co-creation. Studies in Higher Education, 46 (6). pp. 1099-1111. ISSN 0307-5079
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Abstract
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are complex entities interacting with a variety of stakeholders. Scholars have widely discussed the approaches and models of value co-creation in the higher education context. However, the attention has been primarily focussed on a single category of stakeholders, namely students. This article aims at eliciting the value expectations of private and public sector organizations, emphasizing their potential role in value co-creation dynamics. A case study approach was undertaken in order to shed light on these issues. It involved a medium-sized university established in Northern Italy. Business stakeholders were especially interested in the university’s ability to provide students with practical and soft skills. Moreover, they appreciated the interdisciplinary nature of educational curricula. Sporadic exchanges with the local environment were considered to be a major shortcoming; this was thought to undermine the university’s ability to establish a value co-creation partnership with its business stakeholders, engendering lower quality of educational services.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 31 Oct 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2019.1672644 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1301 Education Systems, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education |
| Divisions: | Doctoral Management Studies (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2019 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2022 17:00 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/03075079.2019.1672644 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11359 |
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