Eva Hartmann - Böcker

We are in the middle of a fundamental transformation of the global order which is challenging the supremacy of the USA, and to a certain extent of Europe, in economic and also in normative terms. The financial crisis has further accentuated this shift in the post-Cold War architecture, with emerging economies becoming an engine of globalisation. The chapters in this volume shed light on the role of higher education and its internationalisation in this context, focusing on the different regions of the world. The new role of international organisations like UNESCO is also examined. The empirical findings of these studies are part of a new research agenda in higher education studies, one that goes beyond a ‘higher educationism’ limiting itself to a simple description of institutional changes in this sphere in the light of internationalisation. The different case studies advance an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on accounts from critical and postcolonial theory, international relations and international political economy. This perspective sheds light on the strategic selectivity of the transformation and the struggles related to this major transformation of higher education and its contribution to a new global architecture.This book was originally published as a special issue of Globalisation, Societies and Education.

We are in the middle of a fundamental transformation of the global order which is challenging the supremacy of the USA, and to a certain extent of Europe, in economic and also in normative terms. The financial crisis has further accentuated this shift in the post-Cold War architecture, with emerging economies becoming an engine of globalisation. The chapters in this volume shed light on the role of higher education and its internationalisation in this context, focusing on the different regions of the world. The new role of international organisations like UNESCO is also examined. The empirical findings of these studies are part of a new research agenda in higher education studies, one that goes beyond a ‘higher educationism’ limiting itself to a simple description of institutional changes in this sphere in the light of internationalisation. The different case studies advance an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on accounts from critical and postcolonial theory, international relations and international political economy. This perspective sheds light on the strategic selectivity of the transformation and the struggles related to this major transformation of higher education and its contribution to a new global architecture.This book was originally published as a special issue of Globalisation, Societies and Education.

This book investigates the consecutive shifts between three types of intermediary institutions in the European context: Corporatist, Neo-corporatist and Governance institutions. It does so by combining insights from European Political Economy; European Integration and governance studies; and, socio-legal studies in the European context.

Das Verhältnis von Patent- und Wettbewerbsrecht zeichnet sich seit jeher durch Spannungen und Konflikte, aber auch durch ein gemeinsames Ziel der Förderung von Innovationen und technischem Fortschritt aus. Besondere Fragen an der Schnittstelle zwischen Patent- und Wettbewerbsrecht stellen sich im Zusammenhang mit Patenthinterhalten. Das Ergebnis eines Patenthinterhaltes, in den öffentlich anerkannte Normungsorganisationen und deren Mitglieder gelockt werden, sind patentabhängige Normen. Diese bergen ein erhebliches wettbewerbsbeschränkendes Potential, das in innovativen Märkten durch Netzwerk- und Lock-In-Effekte verstärkt wird. Das so vermittelte Lizenzgebührenpotential ergibt sich damit nicht in erster Linie aus der Erfindung, sondern aus der Festlegung der Norm. Inwieweit in diesem Fall Instrumente des Wettbewerbsrechts zum Schutz der Normanwender eingreifen, ist Gegenstand dieser rechtsvergleichenden Untersuchung.