INNOVATION, VIRTUAL INTERNATIONALIZATION, AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY: THE PILLARS OF SCIENTIFIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE
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https://doi.org/10.18226/23190639.v12n2.01Keywords:
Internationalization of Higher Education Institution, Innovation, Virtual Internationalization, Interdisciplinarity, The Internationalization CycleAbstract
Objective: This article aims to investigate how innovation, virtual internationalization, and interdisciplinarity are used by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as strategic elements to achieve institutional excellence.
Design/Method/Approach: This is a qualitative, descriptive, and theoretical-reflexive study based on a bibliographic review and content analysis. The research compares the six stages of the institutional internationalization cycle proposed by Knight (1994) with three analytical pillars: innovation, virtual internationalization, and interdisciplinarity.
Originality/Relevance: The study contributes by proposing a theoretical framework that articulates the aforementioned pillars with the stages of the internationalization cycle, offering a broad and integrated view of internationalization strategy in higher education, particularly in virtual environments.
Key Results/Findings: The main finding is the development of a conceptual framework that connects the proposed pillars with Knight’s six stages (awareness, commitment, planning, operationalization, review, and reinforcement), showing how these dimensions surround and strengthen the internationalization process.
Theoretical and Practical Contributions: The developed framework provides an analytical reference for evaluating and guiding internationalization strategies in HEIs. The approach highlights the virtual environment as a promising field for achieving institutional excellence and offers directions for future research applied to specific case studies.
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