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This chapter considers how the rankings can be used in order to address challenges faced by universities in the developing world. There is in many quarters an assumption that the international ranking of higher education institutions is irrelevant to research planning at universities located in developing economies, where there is limited scope and resources to produce internationally competitive scholars and cutting-edge research. In this chapter it is argued that, although one would not deny that the agenda of universities located in the global South is clearly not specifically contemplated when the various international rankings are constructed, these rankings can play an important role in steering research in universities in the developing world, if research managers were to use the league tables in a rational and constructive way.
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Visser, D., Sienaert, M. (2013). Rational and Constructive use of Rankings. In: Wang, Q., Cheng, Y., Liu, N.C. (eds) Building World-Class Universities. Global Perspectives on Higher Education, vol 25. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-034-7_10
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