Title: Developing measures of value creation at private universities

Authors: Chung-Chu Liu

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, National Taipei University, 151, University Rd., San Shia, Taipei, 237, Taiwan

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to construct the value creation indicators of business colleges in private universities. An in-depth interview was conducted to collect data. Content analysis and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) were used to analyse the data. According to the results, value creation can be divided into six dimensions such as human capital, relational capital, innovation capital, alumni capital, financial capital, and structural capital. The research also developed 27 indicators for organisational value creation assessment. The measured value creation indicators can be used to help formulate organisational strategy, provide some evaluation base, and allocate some resources for private universities.

Keywords: private universities; value creation; intellectual capital; in-depth interview; content analysis; analytical hierarchy process; AHP; higher education; management in education; educational management; business schools.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2007.014379

International Journal of Management in Education, 2007 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.86 - 99

Published online: 03 Jul 2007 *

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