Australian educational institutions' international markets

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from 1994 where he served as Professor of Management and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business and Public Management. Before joining ECU, he was Foundation Professor of Management and Head of the School of Management at Curtin University. Professor Soutar has been an active researcher in marketing and management for more than a quarter of a century and was made a distinguished member of ANZAM for his contribution to management research and an inaugural Fellow of ANZMAC for his contribution to marketing research. He has been involved in a number of pioneering studies into innovation in small and large firms and the process of new product development. As well as having an academic role, Professor Soutar has been a Head of Department and Executive Dean for more than twenty years. In that time he developed strong research teams in three universities, being involved in the creation of the Institute for Research into International Competitiveness (at Curtin), the Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre (at ECU), the Centre for Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation (at UWA) and the Integral Leadership Centre (at UWA).

Goals, Strategies, and Achievements in the Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan and Taiwan

“…Boronico (2010) claim that study abroad is fast becoming a critical component in higher education because it promotes intellectual, cultural, and personal growth. Mazzarol and Soutar (2008) argue that the global market for international students has become highly competitive and many institutions of higher education rely heavily on the fees paid by international students. Chen and Lo (2013) suggest that many nations and institutions of higher education regard internationalization largely as a way of generating additional revenues.…”

Are Australian Universities Making Good Use of ICT for CSR Reporting?

“…Furthermore, the higher education market has become a very competitive environment for international students [34].The reputation of the provider country and its educational institutions are important factors in the selection of a destination for the future education of many students. Such has been the growth of the international education business that many governments have begun to see international studies as a critical factor in educational policy.…”

“…TheAustralian government is well aware of the need to acquire a more highly skilled and better educated workforce in order to restructure the Australian economy. Accordingly, it seeksto halt and then reverse the progressive decline in the public funding of Australian universities, taking into account, moreover, the increasing international competition to which they are subject [32,34].Accordingly, a Green (Policy Discussion) Paper was published in 1987 [35]to initiate a debate on the need for fundamental reform in higher education in Australia [32].…”

International academic franchises: Identifying the benefits of international academic franchise provision

“…This may have been due to the dominance of English as a world language and extant bilateral trade partnerships, which are often used as a determinant of potential student mobility, but as the British Council ((2012) (Teichler, 1999: Ayoubi et al, 2007 and Australia has become a dominant player (Pratt andPoole, 1999: Larsen andVincent-Lancrin, 2002). New players such as France and Germany also want to compete in this seemingly lucrative market (Mazzarol & Soutar, 2008).…”

“…With this growth of opportunities comes a growing number of terms to describe these activities, such as satellite campuses, offshore programs, international branch campuses and collaborative programs 6 (Mazzarol, 2008 This activity may therefore be undertaken wholly or partially in the host country and at any level of study i.e. undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.…”