Abstract

ARAYA-CASTILLO, Luis; YANEZ-JARA, Victor Manuel; RIVERA-FLORES, Yuracid Fernanda  and  BARRIENTOS, Nicolás. Strategic groups in higher education: university market in Chile. Entramado [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.2, pp.74-94. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.2.4759.

The present research is based on the theory of strategic groups to study the competitive dynamics of universities. First, using exploratory factor analysis and information from the set of universities that operated in Chile in 2014, it was found that the competitive dynamics of the university market is determined by the strategic dimensions: reputation, social responsibility on-line education, scope, corporate governance, infrastructure, and advertising. Secondly the cluster analysis of k-means was applied to obtain ten strategic groups of Chilean universities; the universities are grouped in these clusters according to the positioning they have in each of the strategic dimensions. Third, Pearson's correlation analysis was used, and it concluded that the performance of universities (measured by the increase in undergraduate and postgraduate enrollment, position in the rankings, career fees, and financial indicators) is consistent with the decisions and deployment of resources that make the different strategic dimensions.

JEL CLASSIFICATION: 1230, L100, L250, M100, M200.

Keywords : Higher education; competitive dynamics; strategic groups; universities; Chile.

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