Financial decentralization and third-Mission outputs: A comparative study of Higher Education contexts in Brazil and the United States

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Industry and Higher Education Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI:10.1177/09504222231208438

Dany Flavio Tonelli, David Gibson

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Abstract

Third Mission (TM) drives universities to a purpose beyond their traditional role, especially in local socioeconomic and innovation ecosystems. To investigate the issue, we consider an exploratory and comparative study of two different governance systems of public universities (Southeast Brazil-region 1 and Texas-US-region 2). The comparison took into account data from international universities' rankings performance to address TM and the structure of financial sources to address financial decentralization. The available evidence seems to suggest a positive association between the level of financial decentralization and the capability of the system of HE to deliver TM outputs. Universities under decentralized governance structures, which permit more autonomy to manage their resources, presented better results in most selected TM indicators. These findings reinforce the general belief that the governance arrangements that allow exploring synergies within local business ecosystems are more appropriate for ensuring organizational changes in the direction of entrepreneurial action.

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财政分权和第三次任务产出:巴西和美国高等教育背景的比较研究

第三使命(TM)推动大学实现超越其传统角色的目标，特别是在当地社会经济和创新生态系统中。为了研究这一问题，我们对两种不同的公立大学治理体系(巴西东南部地区- 1和德克萨斯州-美国地区- 2)进行了探索性比较研究。比较考虑了国际大学排名表现的数据，以解决TM问题，并考虑了资金来源结构，以解决财政分权问题。现有证据似乎表明，财政分权水平与高等教育系统提供TM产出的能力之间存在正相关关系。分权管理结构下的大学允许更多的自主权来管理他们的资源，在大多数选定的TM指标中表现出更好的结果。这些发现强化了一种普遍的信念，即允许在当地商业生态系统中探索协同效应的治理安排更适合于确保企业行动方向的组织变革。

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Industry and Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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4.20

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17.60%

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期刊介绍： Industry and Higher Education focuses on the multifaceted and complex relationships between higher education institutions and business and industry. It looks in detail at the processes and enactments of academia-business cooperation as well as examining the significance of that cooperation in wider contexts, such as regional development, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. While emphasizing the practical aspects of academia-business cooperation, IHE also locates practice in theoretical and research contexts, questioning received opinion and developing our understanding of what constitutes truly effective cooperation. Selected key topics Knowledge transfer - processes, mechanisms, successes and failures Research commercialization - from conception to product ''Graduate employability'' - definition, needs and methods Education for entrepreneurship - techniques, measurement and impact The role of the university in economic and social development The third mission and the entrepreneurial university Skills needs and the role of higher education Business-education partnerships for social and economic progress University-industry training and consultancy programmes Innovation networks and their role in furthering university-industry engagement