Edited by Andrea Bonaccorsi, Professor of Engineering Management, University of Pisa, Italy

• Contents:ForewordPART I MAPPING DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE1. Mapping the European Higher Education Landscape. New Insights from the EUMIDA ProjectAndreas Niederl, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Benedetto Lepori, Tasso Brandt, Daniela De Filippo, Ulrich Schmoch, Torben Schubert and Stig Slipersaeter 2. Is There a European University Model? New Evidence on National Path Dependence and Structural ConvergenceTorben Schubert, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Tasso Brandt, Daniela De Filippo, Benedetto Lepori, Andreas Niederl, Ulrich Schmoch and Stig Slipersaeter 3. Public and Private Higher Education in Europe. Competition vs. Complementarity or Worlds Apart?Pedro Teixeira, Vera Rocha, Ricardo Biscaia and Margarida F. Cardoso PART II THE MISSIONS OF UNIVERSITIES: RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND THE THIRD MISSION4. The Research Output of Universities. Conceptual and Methodological ProblemsUlrich Schmoch5. The Internationalization of European Higher Education Institutions Marco Seeber and Benedetto Lepori6. Institutional and Regional Factors Behind University Patenting in Europe: An Exploratory Spatial Analysis Using EUMIDA DataAttila Varga and Márton Horváth7. How Universities Contribute to the Creation of Knowledge Intensive Firms: Detailed Evidence on the Italian CaseAndrea Bonaccorsi, Massimo G. Colombo, Massimiliano Guerini and Cristina Rossi Lamastra PART III EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION8. Is the University Model an Organizational Necessity? Scale and Agglomeration Effects in ScienceTasso Brandt and Torben Schubert9. How and Why Does Cost Efficiency of Universities Differ Across European Countries? An Explorative Attempt Using New Micro DataZara Daghbashyan, Enrico Deiaco and Maureen McKelvey10. Scale and Research Specialization in European Universities. A Directional Distance Approach to Teaching Efficiency Andrea Bonaccorsi, Cinzia Daraio and Léopold SimarIndex

Edited by Andrea Bonaccorsi, Professor of Engineering Management, University of Pisa, Italy

• Contents:ForewordPART I MAPPING DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE1. Mapping the European Higher Education Landscape. New Insights from the EUMIDA ProjectAndreas Niederl, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Benedetto Lepori, Tasso Brandt, Daniela De Filippo, Ulrich Schmoch, Torben Schubert and Stig Slipersaeter 2. Is There a European University Model? New Evidence on National Path Dependence and Structural ConvergenceTorben Schubert, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Tasso Brandt, Daniela De Filippo, Benedetto Lepori, Andreas Niederl, Ulrich Schmoch and Stig Slipersaeter 3. Public and Private Higher Education in Europe. Competition vs. Complementarity or Worlds Apart?Pedro Teixeira, Vera Rocha, Ricardo Biscaia and Margarida F. Cardoso PART II THE MISSIONS OF UNIVERSITIES: RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND THE THIRD MISSION4. The Research Output of Universities. Conceptual and Methodological ProblemsUlrich Schmoch5. The Internationalization of European Higher Education Institutions Marco Seeber and Benedetto Lepori6. Institutional and Regional Factors Behind University Patenting in Europe: An Exploratory Spatial Analysis Using EUMIDA DataAttila Varga and Márton Horváth7. How Universities Contribute to the Creation of Knowledge Intensive Firms: Detailed Evidence on the Italian CaseAndrea Bonaccorsi, Massimo G. Colombo, Massimiliano Guerini and Cristina Rossi Lamastra PART III EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION8. Is the University Model an Organizational Necessity? Scale and Agglomeration Effects in ScienceTasso Brandt and Torben Schubert9. How and Why Does Cost Efficiency of Universities Differ Across European Countries? An Explorative Attempt Using New Micro DataZara Daghbashyan, Enrico Deiaco and Maureen McKelvey10. Scale and Research Specialization in European Universities. A Directional Distance Approach to Teaching Efficiency Andrea Bonaccorsi, Cinzia Daraio and Léopold SimarIndex

Edited by Andrea Bonaccorsi, Professor of Engineering Management, University of Pisa, Italy

• Contents:ForewordPART I MAPPING DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE1. Mapping the European Higher Education Landscape. New Insights from the EUMIDA ProjectAndreas Niederl, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Benedetto Lepori, Tasso Brandt, Daniela De Filippo, Ulrich Schmoch, Torben Schubert and Stig Slipersaeter 2. Is There a European University Model? New Evidence on National Path Dependence and Structural ConvergenceTorben Schubert, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Tasso Brandt, Daniela De Filippo, Benedetto Lepori, Andreas Niederl, Ulrich Schmoch and Stig Slipersaeter 3. Public and Private Higher Education in Europe. Competition vs. Complementarity or Worlds Apart?Pedro Teixeira, Vera Rocha, Ricardo Biscaia and Margarida F. Cardoso PART II THE MISSIONS OF UNIVERSITIES: RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND THE THIRD MISSION4. The Research Output of Universities. Conceptual and Methodological ProblemsUlrich Schmoch5. The Internationalization of European Higher Education Institutions Marco Seeber and Benedetto Lepori6. Institutional and Regional Factors Behind University Patenting in Europe: An Exploratory Spatial Analysis Using EUMIDA DataAttila Varga and Márton Horváth7. How Universities Contribute to the Creation of Knowledge Intensive Firms: Detailed Evidence on the Italian CaseAndrea Bonaccorsi, Massimo G. Colombo, Massimiliano Guerini and Cristina Rossi Lamastra PART III EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION8. Is the University Model an Organizational Necessity? Scale and Agglomeration Effects in ScienceTasso Brandt and Torben Schubert9. How and Why Does Cost Efficiency of Universities Differ Across European Countries? An Explorative Attempt Using New Micro DataZara Daghbashyan, Enrico Deiaco and Maureen McKelvey10. Scale and Research Specialization in European Universities. A Directional Distance Approach to Teaching Efficiency Andrea Bonaccorsi, Cinzia Daraio and Léopold SimarIndex