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1、9SomeModelsforComparativeInternationalResearch–TheexampleofPostgraduateCollaborationbetweenPartnerInstitutionsKarlKochEmeritusProfessorofModernLanguagesIntroductionUniversityinstitutionshaveoverthepastdecadesestablishedcollaborativearrangementswithpartnerinstitutions,res
2、earchorganisationsandmajorcompaniescreatingavastmatrixofnationalandinternationaldimensions.Collaborationcoversvirtuallyeveryaspectoftheendeavoursthatuniversitiesengagein,fromresearchtoshortcoursesandtheassociatedmobilityofstaffandstudents,facilitatedbynumerousandvariedfi
3、nancialprogrammes.Itis,therefore,crucialtobeawareoftheimpactsofglobalisationforeducationalpartnershipsandparticularlyingaugingtheconsequencesontheincreased‘educationalexport’competitioninworldmarkets.LondonSouthBankUniversityandtheBerlinSchoolofEconomicsreachedagreementi
4、n2008toenablestudentstopursuestudy-researchleadingtotheawardofPhDorMPhil.MemorandumofCollaborationbetweenLondonSouthBankUniversity(LSBU)andtheFachhochschulefürWirtschaftBerlin(FHW-BSE),February12008.Atthecoreoftheagreementwastheprincipleofjointsupervision,whichcan,ofcour
5、se,alsobeappliedtoMastersandMBAprogrammes.Thepaperfocusesontheconstructionofselectedmodelsfacilitatingpostgraduateprojectsbasedonjointcross-nationalsupervision.Itdistinguishesbetweennational,international,comparativeandcross-culturalresearchapproaches.TheFrameworkOneofth
6、estandardtextbooksdealingwiththeinternationalbusinessenvironmentidentifiesveryclearlyuniversitiesasbeing“subjecttofluctuationsinthefortunesoftheglobaleconomy”(Brooksetal,2004:4)asmuchasanyotherbusinessorganisation.This,ofcourse,underlinesthenationalandinternationalcompet
7、itivedimensionthateducationingeneral,anduniversitiesinparticular,havetoaddress.Internationaluniversitycollaborationisundeniablyanimportantfeatureforgaininginternationalcompetitiveadvantagesinthissector.Internationalcompetitiveness,asobjectivebyentrepreneurialorganisation
8、s,isthemayordrivingforceinthephenomenonofglobalisation,andthelatterhasincreasinglydriveneconomiestoward
