Acknowledgements
I am immensely grateful to Assistant Professor Jesper Eckhardt Larsen, who helped me through the development of this thesis. His broad academic knowledge, commitment, professionalism and friendliness have created a huge excellent, inspiring and educational experience which has been a real asset in my academic life.
I also want to thank Associate Professor Stavros Moutsios, whose educational lectures during this course triggered my curiosity and interest in higher education institutions.
Additionally, I would also like to thank Carlos Vargas Tamez for his help during my stay at Deusto University, as well taking his time to help me during the writing of this thesis. His comments on related work have also stretched my thinking about the issue in this thesis.
Last but not least, I would like to thank my better half, my family and my friends who in various ways have helped me in this process. I hope you forgive me for my absence that the completion of this thesis has required.
Copenhagen, 2013
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