@phdthesis{Bremer2015, author = {Ulrich Bremer}, title = {Internationalization strategies of German universities}, journal = {Dissertation}, address = {Leipzig}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-22133-1}, pages = {XX, 250}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Globalization has been a buzzword for many years: a Google search delivers 44.4 million suggestions in 0.43 seconds, and a plethora of papers have been published on the topic. But do universities need to internationalize? Knowledge and its production – the business of universities – does not stop at borders, it has always transcended them. Criticism of internationalization comes from different perspectives: a number of authors have argued that universities have always been international institutions (Altbach, 2007, p. 24) and that, relative to their size, international activities were historically broader than today.}, language = {en} }