FRONT COVER -- ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND SCIENTIFIC CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL RESTRUCTURING ON UNIVERSITIES AND INTELLECTUAL INNOVATION -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ADVISORY BOARD -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF UNIVERSITIES AS STRATEGIC ACTORS -- THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ON THE NATURE OF UNIVERSITIES AS ORGANISATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATURE OF FIRMS IN MARKET ECONOMIES -- VARIETIES OF PRE-REFORM UNIVERSITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRMS -- THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ON UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY -- THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ON UNIVERSITY ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- EMPOWERMENT OF FRENCH UNIVERSITIES BY FUNDING AND EVALUATION AGENCIES -- INTRODUCTION -- ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION OF UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE -- FRENCH HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMS: THE LOPRI (2006) AND THE LRU (2007) -- EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW ENHANCES CENTRALIZATION AND COORDINATION WITHIN UNIVERSITIES -- EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW ALLOWS LESS EGALITARIAN ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND RESTRUCTURATIONS -- A RATHER LARGE APPROPRIATION OF THE NORMS AND EXPECTATIONS DEVELOPED BY THE EVALUATION AGENCY AND THE RESEARCH COUNCIL -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- FUNDING INDIVIDUALS - CHANGING ORGANISATIONS: THE IMPACT OF THE ERC ON UNIVERSITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL MODEL -- METHODOLOGY -- EMPIRICAL FINDINGS ON IMPACT PATTERNS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION: THE IRONY OF ORGANISATIONAL ACTORHOOD AND ERC SUCCESS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- WHERE HAVE ALL THE SCIENTISTS GONE? BUILDING RESEARCH PROFILES AT DUTCH UNIVERSITIES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR RESEARCH -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY -- THE EVOLUTION OF DUTCH STATE EXPECTATIONS CONCERNING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROFILES.

PROFILE BUILDING AT DUTCH UNIVERSITIES -- THE IMPACT OF PROFILE BUILDING ON RESEARCH FIELDS -- CONCLUSIONS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PROFILE BUILDING -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MERGER MANIA IN SCIENCE: ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING AND PATTERNS OF COOPERATION IN AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTRE -- INTRODUCTION -- BEYOND MYTH AND CEREMONY: HOW FORMAL STRUCTURES MAY MATTER IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS -- DATA AND METHODS -- BACKGROUND -- UNFOLDING THE CREATION OF THE EEI -- EXTERNAL AND INTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE MERGER -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CONTRADICTORY CONSEQUENCES OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ON INTELLECTUAL INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SCIENCES -- INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS AND CHANGING RESEARCH PRACTICES IN SWITZERLAND -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS -- THE SWISS RESEARCH SYSTEM -- CHANGING RESEARCH PRACTICES IN FOUR SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS IN SWITZERLAND -- THE INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS ON CHANGING RESEARCH PRACTICES IN THE SWISS RESEARCH SYSTEM -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- COLD ATOMS - HOT RESEARCH: HIGH RISKS, HIGH REWARDS IN FIVE DIFFERENT AUTHORITY STRUCTURES -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- METHODS AND DATA -- EPISTEMIC PROPERTIES OF EXPERIMENTAL BEC RESEARCH AND ITS REQUIRED PROTECTED SPACE -- INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL DYNAMICS OF BEC RESEARCH -- HOW VARIOUS SETS OF AUTHORITIES ALLOW, HINDER, PREVENT BEC RESEARCH -- MACRO-MICRO LINKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- HIGHLY ADAPTABLE BUT NOT INVULNERABLE: NECESSARY AND FACILITATING CONDITIONS FOR RESEARCH IN EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- METHODS AND DATA -- 'THE SNAKE TOOK US ABOUT THREE YEARS' - TRANSITIONS TO EVO-DEVO -- CONCLUSIONS.

THE IMPACT OF AUTHORITY RELATIONS ON PATHS TO EVO-DEVO -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PATH DEPENDENCE AND POLICY STEERING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: THE VARIED IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL LARGE SCALE STUDENT ASSESSMENT ON THE EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPARING THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL LARGE SCALE STUDENT ASSESSMENTS -- ONE STIMULUS, FOUR DIFFERENT RESPONSES -- EXPLAINING COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL RESPONSES TO ILSA STUDIES -- CONCLUSIONS: TENSIONS BETWEEN SERVICE DELIVERY AND ENDOGENOUS RESEARCH DYNAMICS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- WHERE TO GO FOR A CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF AUTHORITY STRUCTURES IN UNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES ON CHANGES OF RESEARCH PRACTICES -- DO RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS MATTER? -- APPROACH -- BEGINNING NEW LINES OF RESEARCH IN DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONAL SETTINGS -- PATTERNS OF AUTHORITY SHARING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CHANGE RESEARCH PRACTICES IN TWO TYPES OF RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- COMPUTER CORPUS LINGUISTICS: AN INNOVATION IN THE HUMANITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONTEXT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CCL -- THE EMERGENCE OF CCL IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HOW DO INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES AFFECT SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS? THE EFFECTS OF SHIFTS IN AUTHORITY RELATIONSHIPS, PROTECTED SPACE, AND FLEXIBILITY -- INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, AUTHORITY RELATIONSHIPS AND LEVELS OF PROTECTED SPACE AND FLEXIBILITY IN THE PUBLIC SCIENCES -- IMPACT OF CHANGING AUTHORITY RELATIONSHIPS ON LEVELS OF PROTECTED SPACE AND FLEXIBILITY OF INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS IN PUBLIC SCIENCE SYSTEMS -- LEVELS OF PROTECTED SPACE AND FLEXIBILITY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS -- CONDITIONS PROVIDING PROTECTED SPACE AND FLEXIBILITY FOR DEVELOPING INNOVATIONS IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.