Lars Engwall
Biographic Data
| ID | 473384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lars Engwall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lars |
| FAMILY NAME | Engwall |
| SIGNATURE | ENGWALL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9494-4747 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Selection of Academic Top Leaders
This article reports on a study of the selection of academic top leaders from 1900 to 2025 in six highly ranked universities on the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities. These institutions represent the United States (Harvard and Stanford) with presidents as leaders, the United Kingdom (Cambridge and Oxford) with vice-chancellors, and Scandinavia (Copenhagen and Oslo) with rectors. For the population as a whole, the study shows an increase…
Introduction to Academic Freedom in the Twenty-first Century
This supplement to the European Review is based on a conference on the topic ‘Academic Freedom in the Twenty-first Century’ held at the Wenner-Gren Centre in Stockholm on 15−17 May 2024 with the economic support of the Wenner-Gren Foundations. The conference was part of a series arranged by the Higher Education, Research and CULture in European Society (HERCulES) group within Academia Europaea
Introduction to Publishing in Academia: Digital Challenges
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Academic Publishing in Modern Society
This article analyses academic publishing in modern society by means of a governance model focusing on three groups of governors: Regulators, Market Actors, and Professions. It demonstrates how these three groups have interacted and how this interaction has put pressure on faculty members to produce publications for top journals. It also points to the strong position of publishers, which leads to high profit margins. The article therefore also di…
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on taxpayers' money. Market actors, particularly publishers of academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores and impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, …
Missions of Universities: Past, Present, Future
Governance of and by Philanthropic Foundations
Philanthropic foundations have become increasingly important in present-day societies. In relation to governance, they represent some specific features. Like corporations, they are subject to regulation, but they differ by having neither owners nor customers. This makes the governance of foundations an important issue for study. At the same time, governance by foundations is likewise of importance. It includes the role of foundations in corporate…
James G March: Banbrytande forskning om moderna organisationer
Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘University Governance and Creativity’
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Structural Conditions for Interdisciplinarity
Analysing structural conditions for interdisciplinarity, this paper focuses on the characteristics of four factors in the organization of the sciences: disciplines, institutions, rewards and funding. It is argued that interdisciplinarity is less likely to involve disciplines that are strongly integrated, i.e. where task uncertainty is low and the dependence among researchers is high. Likewise, it is claimed that interdisciplinarity is likely to b…
Montesquieu in the University: The Governance of World-class Institutions of Higher Education and Research
The point of departure for this article is the principle of the separation of powers, formulated long ago by the Frenchman Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu. It is argued that this principle is important for the governance of universities, entailing a balance between university boards, university presidents and university senates. To this end, the article presents evidence about the governance structure of two highly-ranked US universities, U…
Special issue introduction: Historical research on institutional change
Both business historians and organisation studies scholars study institutional change to understand the interactions between business and society. However, research approaches differ fundamentally, with organisational research focusing on theory-driven explanations, whereas historical research is rather theory-informed. The consequence of such disciplinary orientation is that interdisciplinary conversations rarely occur. For this special issue, w…
The Organizing of Scientific Fields: The Case of Corpus Linguistics
This paper focuses on the processes through which scientific fields are organized over time. It is argued that new approaches in scientific work are hampered by authority structures within national systems for research and established approaches within disciplines, but that these obstacles can be overcome by means of external funding, particularly through new funding sources, as well as the international developments of an innovation. As far as t…
The Internationalisation of Higher Education
Internationalization is often mentioned in university strategies nowadays. Strong efforts are made by university leaders to strengthen their position in a global market. A central factor behind this tendency is the global rankings of academic institutions. Against this backdrop, the present paper discusses the characteristics of higher education and four modes of internationalization: (a) Import of Ideas; (b) Outsourcing; (c) Insourcing; and (d) …
Defining Management: Business Schools, Consultants, Media
Defining Management charts the expansion of management as an idea and practice from a time when it was limited to churches and households to its current ubiquity, focusing in particular on the role of business schools, consultants, and business media in this process. How did an entire industry develop around business schools, consultants, and business media who are now widely considered the authorities regarding best management practice? This boo…
Corporations and Universities
Large quoted corporations have become increasingly visible through the media. As a result, such corporations have become role models for other types of organizations. Even universities face pressures to act like these corporations. This paper demonstrates that there are fundamental differences between corporations and universities, particularly in terms of history, products, objectives, and principals. These differences, it is argued, have signif…
Historical perspectives on organizational stability and change: Introduction to the special issue
In this Introduction to the special issue, we begin by providing a brief review of the way history has been treated in existing work on organizational change, noting that a historical approach has either been non-existent or at best employed in a ‘supplementarist’ way. We then proceed to summarizing the empirical and theoretical foundations and the core arguments of the articles included in this special issue. In the final section, we conclude by…
Reconfiguring Knowledge Production
The governance of the public sciences has profoundly changed since the Second World War, especially with regard to funding structures, the autonomy, and accountability of public research organizations and universities, and the extent to which research is steered towards societal usefulness. Going beyond previous analyses of these changes in science studies, science policy, and higher education studies, this book presents and applies a novel appro…
Management Education, Media and Consulting and the Creation of European Management Practice
European management practice is rapidly becoming standardized through the imitation of large actors and the interaction of institutions for management education, management media and management consulting. This process is reinforced by the fact that these three types of institutions are increasingly becoming more homogeneous. The CEMP research reported in this article provided evidence for these developments in terms of the structure of the diffe…
Newspapers as Organizations
Of the many voices that have addressed the history, operation, effects, or all three of American newspapers, most have spoken about them as modern organizations. That is, they focus on contemporary newspapers as pyramidal, hierarchical systems with different functional units, vertical (mostly downward) communication, and management that is predominantly task-focused rather than employee-centered. This chapter offers a different lens through which…
Newspaper Adaptation to a Changing Social Environment: A Case Study of Organizational Drift as a Response to Resource Dependence
This article is based on a longitudinal study of a Swedish Social Democratic newspaper and examines its `organizational drift' over time in response to changing patterns of resource dependence. The early goals of the newspaper as a means of political communication were subsequently overtaken by such criteria as economic performance and journalistic professionalism. This, in turn, had implications for the organizational and reward structures of th…
Newspaper competition: A case for theories of Oligopoly
For quite some time discussions on the development of newspaper markets in Sweden have concentrated on the validity of the theory of the circulation spiral. This theory, which seems to be of Norwegian origin,1 has become more widely known through the works of Lars Furhoff.2 A prime feature of this theory is its stress on two different markets, one for readers and one for advertisers, and the assertion of a strong relationship between the degree o…
Models of Industrial Structure
Journal Article Lars Engwall. Models of Industrial Structure Get access Models of Industrial Structure. By Lars Engwall. (Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath & Co., 1973. Pp. xiii + 179. $15.00.) G. Whittington G. Whittington University of Edinburgh. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 334, 1 June 1974, Pages 405–407, https://doi.org/10.2307/2231274 Published: 01 June 1…
Special issue introduction: Historical research on institutional change
Both business historians and organisation studies scholars study institutional change to understand the interactions between business and society. However, research approaches differ fundamentally, with organisational research focusing on theory-driven explanations, whereas historical research is rather theory-informed. The consequence of such disciplinary orientation is that interdisciplinary conversations rarely occur. For this special issue, w…
Management Education, Media and Consulting and the Creation of European Management Practice
European management practice is rapidly becoming standardized through the imitation of large actors and the interaction of institutions for management education, management media and management consulting. This process is reinforced by the fact that these three types of institutions are increasingly becoming more homogeneous. The CEMP research reported in this article provided evidence for these developments in terms of the structure of the diffe…
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on taxpayers' money. Market actors, particularly publishers of academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores and impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, …
Montesquieu in the University: The Governance of World-class Institutions of Higher Education and Research
The point of departure for this article is the principle of the separation of powers, formulated long ago by the Frenchman Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu. It is argued that this principle is important for the governance of universities, entailing a balance between university boards, university presidents and university senates. To this end, the article presents evidence about the governance structure of two highly-ranked US universities, U…
The Internationalisation of Higher Education
Internationalization is often mentioned in university strategies nowadays. Strong efforts are made by university leaders to strengthen their position in a global market. A central factor behind this tendency is the global rankings of academic institutions. Against this backdrop, the present paper discusses the characteristics of higher education and four modes of internationalization: (a) Import of Ideas; (b) Outsourcing; (c) Insourcing; and (d) …
Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘University Governance and Creativity’
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
The Organizing of Scientific Fields: The Case of Corpus Linguistics
This paper focuses on the processes through which scientific fields are organized over time. It is argued that new approaches in scientific work are hampered by authority structures within national systems for research and established approaches within disciplines, but that these obstacles can be overcome by means of external funding, particularly through new funding sources, as well as the international developments of an innovation. As far as t…
Corporations and Universities
Large quoted corporations have become increasingly visible through the media. As a result, such corporations have become role models for other types of organizations. Even universities face pressures to act like these corporations. This paper demonstrates that there are fundamental differences between corporations and universities, particularly in terms of history, products, objectives, and principals. These differences, it is argued, have signif…
Models of Industrial Structure
Journal Article Lars Engwall. Models of Industrial Structure Get access Models of Industrial Structure. By Lars Engwall. (Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath & Co., 1973. Pp. xiii + 179. $15.00.) G. Whittington G. Whittington University of Edinburgh. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 84, Issue 334, 1 June 1974, Pages 405–407, https://doi.org/10.2307/2231274 Published: 01 June 1…
Newspaper competition: A case for theories of Oligopoly
For quite some time discussions on the development of newspaper markets in Sweden have concentrated on the validity of the theory of the circulation spiral. This theory, which seems to be of Norwegian origin,1 has become more widely known through the works of Lars Furhoff.2 A prime feature of this theory is its stress on two different markets, one for readers and one for advertisers, and the assertion of a strong relationship between the degree o…
Newspaper Adaptation to a Changing Social Environment: A Case Study of Organizational Drift as a Response to Resource Dependence
This article is based on a longitudinal study of a Swedish Social Democratic newspaper and examines its `organizational drift' over time in response to changing patterns of resource dependence. The early goals of the newspaper as a means of political communication were subsequently overtaken by such criteria as economic performance and journalistic professionalism. This, in turn, had implications for the organizational and reward structures of th…
Newspapers as Organizations
Of the many voices that have addressed the history, operation, effects, or all three of American newspapers, most have spoken about them as modern organizations. That is, they focus on contemporary newspapers as pyramidal, hierarchical systems with different functional units, vertical (mostly downward) communication, and management that is predominantly task-focused rather than employee-centered. This chapter offers a different lens through which…
Management Education, Media and Consulting and the Creation of European Management Practice
European management practice is rapidly becoming standardized through the imitation of large actors and the interaction of institutions for management education, management media and management consulting. This process is reinforced by the fact that these three types of institutions are increasingly becoming more homogeneous. The CEMP research reported in this article provided evidence for these developments in terms of the structure of the diffe…
Reconfiguring Knowledge Production
The governance of the public sciences has profoundly changed since the Second World War, especially with regard to funding structures, the autonomy, and accountability of public research organizations and universities, and the extent to which research is steered towards societal usefulness. Going beyond previous analyses of these changes in science studies, science policy, and higher education studies, this book presents and applies a novel appro…
Historical perspectives on organizational stability and change: Introduction to the special issue
In this Introduction to the special issue, we begin by providing a brief review of the way history has been treated in existing work on organizational change, noting that a historical approach has either been non-existent or at best employed in a ‘supplementarist’ way. We then proceed to summarizing the empirical and theoretical foundations and the core arguments of the articles included in this special issue. In the final section, we conclude by…
Corporations and Universities
Large quoted corporations have become increasingly visible through the media. As a result, such corporations have become role models for other types of organizations. Even universities face pressures to act like these corporations. This paper demonstrates that there are fundamental differences between corporations and universities, particularly in terms of history, products, objectives, and principals. These differences, it is argued, have signif…
The Organizing of Scientific Fields: The Case of Corpus Linguistics
This paper focuses on the processes through which scientific fields are organized over time. It is argued that new approaches in scientific work are hampered by authority structures within national systems for research and established approaches within disciplines, but that these obstacles can be overcome by means of external funding, particularly through new funding sources, as well as the international developments of an innovation. As far as t…
The Internationalisation of Higher Education
Internationalization is often mentioned in university strategies nowadays. Strong efforts are made by university leaders to strengthen their position in a global market. A central factor behind this tendency is the global rankings of academic institutions. Against this backdrop, the present paper discusses the characteristics of higher education and four modes of internationalization: (a) Import of Ideas; (b) Outsourcing; (c) Insourcing; and (d) …
Defining Management: Business Schools, Consultants, Media
Defining Management charts the expansion of management as an idea and practice from a time when it was limited to churches and households to its current ubiquity, focusing in particular on the role of business schools, consultants, and business media in this process. How did an entire industry develop around business schools, consultants, and business media who are now widely considered the authorities regarding best management practice? This boo…
Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘University Governance and Creativity’
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Structural Conditions for Interdisciplinarity
Analysing structural conditions for interdisciplinarity, this paper focuses on the characteristics of four factors in the organization of the sciences: disciplines, institutions, rewards and funding. It is argued that interdisciplinarity is less likely to involve disciplines that are strongly integrated, i.e. where task uncertainty is low and the dependence among researchers is high. Likewise, it is claimed that interdisciplinarity is likely to b…
Montesquieu in the University: The Governance of World-class Institutions of Higher Education and Research
The point of departure for this article is the principle of the separation of powers, formulated long ago by the Frenchman Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu. It is argued that this principle is important for the governance of universities, entailing a balance between university boards, university presidents and university senates. To this end, the article presents evidence about the governance structure of two highly-ranked US universities, U…
Special issue introduction: Historical research on institutional change
Both business historians and organisation studies scholars study institutional change to understand the interactions between business and society. However, research approaches differ fundamentally, with organisational research focusing on theory-driven explanations, whereas historical research is rather theory-informed. The consequence of such disciplinary orientation is that interdisciplinary conversations rarely occur. For this special issue, w…
James G March: Banbrytande forskning om moderna organisationer
Missions of Universities: Past, Present, Future
Governance of and by Philanthropic Foundations
Philanthropic foundations have become increasingly important in present-day societies. In relation to governance, they represent some specific features. Like corporations, they are subject to regulation, but they differ by having neither owners nor customers. This makes the governance of foundations an important issue for study. At the same time, governance by foundations is likewise of importance. It includes the role of foundations in corporate…
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on taxpayers' money. Market actors, particularly publishers of academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores and impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, …
Introduction to Publishing in Academia: Digital Challenges
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Academic Publishing in Modern Society
This article analyses academic publishing in modern society by means of a governance model focusing on three groups of governors: Regulators, Market Actors, and Professions. It demonstrates how these three groups have interacted and how this interaction has put pressure on faculty members to produce publications for top journals. It also points to the strong position of publishers, which leads to high profit margins. The article therefore also di…
Introduction to Academic Freedom in the Twenty-first Century
This supplement to the European Review is based on a conference on the topic ‘Academic Freedom in the Twenty-first Century’ held at the Wenner-Gren Centre in Stockholm on 15−17 May 2024 with the economic support of the Wenner-Gren Foundations. The conference was part of a series arranged by the Higher Education, Research and CULture in European Society (HERCulES) group within Academia Europaea
The Selection of Academic Top Leaders
This article reports on a study of the selection of academic top leaders from 1900 to 2025 in six highly ranked universities on the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities. These institutions represent the United States (Harvard and Stanford) with presidents as leaders, the United Kingdom (Cambridge and Oxford) with vice-chancellors, and Scandinavia (Copenhagen and Oslo) with rectors. For the population as a whole, the study shows an increase…
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