Building Cross-Border Joint Universities in China

This book examines the interactions and dynamics between one cross-border joint-university and its social environment in the process of institutional transplantation and organizational adaptation. Using Castle University (CU) in mainland China as a case, this study specifically demonstrates the interplays between CU and partners, government, the market, parents, and the general public. By examining a variety of tensions between CU and its key social actors, this research suggests a concept of organizational dilemma" to capture the characteristics embedded in cross-border joint-universities in mainland China, and as an analytical model to unpack the tensions giving rise to the dilemmatic feature"--