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Internationalization: Obstacles

In: The Internationalization of Higher Education and Business Schools

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  • Gabriel Hawawini

    (INSEAD
    INSEAD)

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I review the major obstacles faced by higher education institutions as they attempt to internationalize. As in the case of motives reviewed in the previous chapter, these obstacles are classified either as academic or economic. The former include the ambivalence on the part of the faculty for internationalization initiatives, the fear that the institution’s reputationReputation (dilution of) might be diluted, and obstacles related to organizational inertia and government regulation of the higher education sector. Economic obstacles include the cost and the risksRisks associated with international initiatives and the lower financial support from international alumniInternational alumni . I conclude with an examination of the internationalization paradoxInternationalization paradox : if implementing successfully an internationalization strategyInternationalization strategy is one of the most challenging academic and economic initiatives an institution can embark on, why is it also one of the most frequent initiatives that heads of institutions put on their agenda?

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  • Gabriel Hawawini, 2016. "Internationalization: Obstacles," SpringerBriefs in Business, in: The Internationalization of Higher Education and Business Schools, chapter 0, pages 27-33, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbrcp:978-981-10-1757-5_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1757-5_4
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