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The Effect of Dynamic Capabilities on International Performance of Chinese Universities

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This paper seeks to apply the dynamic capabilities framework to examine the internationalization of higher education, specifically, the effect of dynamic capabilities on university’s international performance. An empirical data analysis has been employed, and hypotheses are tested on Chinese 985 and 211 universities. The results indicate that dynamic capabilities have a significant positive effect on the university’s international performance. In particular, learning mechanisms has the most prominent positive effect on university’s international performance. Universities must be fully aware of the importance of dynamic capabilities when dealing with the rapidly changing environment, and should develop the university’s international dynamic capabilities especially their learning mechanisms to enhance their international performance.

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  1. School of Foreign Languages, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

    Dan Xiang

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  1. College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University College of Management and Economics, Tianjin, China

    Ershi Qi

  2. College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University College of Management and Economics, Tianjin, China

    Jiang Shen

  3. College of Mgmt & Economics, Tianjin University College of Mgmt & Economics, Tianjin, China

    Runliang Dou

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Xiang, D. (2017). The Effect of Dynamic Capabilities on International Performance of Chinese Universities. In: Qi, E., Shen, J., Dou, R. (eds) Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2016. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-255-7_49

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