The Relationship between Competition and Programmatic Diversification

Autor/inn/en	Cattaneo, Mattia; Horta, Hugo; Malighetti, Paolo; Meoli, Michele; Paleari, Stefano
Titel	The Relationship between Competition and Programmatic Diversification
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 44 (2019) 7, S.1222-1240 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Cattaneo, Mattia) ORCID (Horta, Hugo) ORCID (Malighetti, Paolo) ORCID (Meoli, Michele)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2018.1428947
Schlagwörter	Competition; Universities; Intellectual Disciplines; Specialization; Student Recruitment; College Students; Strategic Planning; Educational Policy; Diversity (Institutional); Foreign Countries; Academic Degrees; Institutional Characteristics; Public Colleges; Private Colleges; Financial Support; Geographic Location; Economic Climate; Educational Change; Adjustment (to Environment); Risk; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wettkampf; University; Universität; Geisteswissenschaften; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Collegestudent; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Privathochschule; Finanzielle Förderung; Wirtschaftslage; Bildungsreform; Risiko; Italien
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01