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Entrepreneurship in a Bureaucracy: The Case of Friedrich Althoff
W.S. Peirce, P. KrugerDiscusses the factors relating to the success of Friedrich Althoffas an innovator (or entrepreneur), within the nineteenth centurybureaucratic Prussian public administration, that…
The University as an Economic Institution: The Political Economy of the Althoff System
Jurgen G. BackhausFriedrich Althoff (1839‐1908), who created the “Althoffsystem”, has had a singularly important influence on shapingacademic institutions in Germany for almost a generation. As a…
Are Scientists Different?
Gordon TullockDiscusses the defensiveness of professions, the confusion ofprofessional status and expertise with superior human qualities, the“democratization” of learning, and the nature of…
Althoff and the Changing Constitution of Science: Bureaucratic, Economical or Cognitive?
Helmut F. SpinnerWith respect to the guiding “ideas” of Humboldt andtheir consequences for the constitution of science, describes thetransition to a modern research university with the emergence…
The Impact of the Prussian and German University Administrations on the Austrian University System between 1875 and 1914
Walter HoflechnerDescribes the development of the Austrian university system1875‐1914. German influence was detrimental to Austrian universities′hopes for improving standards, higher status and…
Where is Althoff? Looking for Friedrich Althoff in English Language Sources
Peter R. SennInvestigates the importance of English language sources ofFriedrich Theodor Althoff (1839‐1908), a German of great influence bothin his own country and, indirectly, in the United…
The University as a Social Institution: The Change in Academic Institutions in Germany at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Manfred PrischingLooks at the university at the end of the nineteenth century usingthe concept of a “social institution”, and applying fourapproaches. A functional analysis provides insights into…
Althoff′s Administration of the Academic System: An Economic Approach
Lode VereeckArgues that the autonomy of the Althoff administration was based onthe “personal regime” of Friedrich Althoff. The publicchoice approach of bureaucratic behaviour reveals the…
Economic Explanations of the Behaviour of Universities and Scholars
Arthur M. DiamondSurveys, from an American perspective, the existing literature oneconomic explanations of the behaviour of universities and scholars. Themodern literature is put in historical…
How Much State University Education in a Free Society? Some Remarks on the ″Althoff System″
Kurt R. LeubeExamines the social aspects of the compatibility of public academiceducation with the principles of a free society. Discusses stateeducation with regard to “equal treatment for…
The Creation of Business Economics as a Discipline
Dieter SchneiderCompares research and teaching of today′s business economics withits predecessor disciplines before 1890. Describes attempts to organizecommercial high schools from 1890 …
Schmoller and Althoff at the University of Strasburg
Nicholas W. BalabkinsDescribes briefly the personal histories and important professionalassociation of Gustav Schmoller and Friedrich Althoff emphasizing theirinnovatory period 1870‐1882 at Strasburg.
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