books.google.co.uk - Anglo-Saxon universities particularly in the US, the UK and Australia have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. This book argues that Continental and Nordic universities and higher education institutes face similar pressures that are leading to a structural...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Learning_to_Compete_in_European_Universi.html?id=m1EKgJ05-24C&q=basic+research&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLearning to Compete in European Universities