TY - JFULL AU - Juha Kettunen PY - 2016/5/ TI - The Strategy of the Innovation Alliance in Higher Education T2 - International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences SP - 1218 EP - 1223 VL - 10 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004245 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 112, 2016 N2 - The purpose of this study is to visualize the strategic network of higher education institutions and its strategic directions. The strategy map of the balanced scorecard approach is developed to describe the strategic objectives and their causal relationships in higher education. The empirical part of the study presents the survey results of the desired strategic directions of the network obtained from the teachers and other staff of the member institutions. Research and development projects are the most important form of activity in the network, but education and many other forms also turn out to be important. The results of this study support the argument that a strategic innovation alliance is a suitable and useful way to promote collaboration among European higher education institutions. The results of the study can be used by those who wish to promote such international collaboration among higher education institutions. ER -