Pathways to Leadership in Technology: Adopting Elitism in Higher Education A simplified two-sectors model of technological innovations
Session
Management Business and Economy
Description
This paper stresses that countries with a high elitism gap in higher education are the countries with leadership in technology, but also with high inequality, while countries with a low elitism gap have no leadership in technology. This paper presents a new framework for analyzing leadership in technology by incorporating duality in the higher education system. This paper asserts that there is not just one type of skilled workers, but two types, and there is not one type of education but two - elite universities and standard ones. The gap between top and standard universities is coined as 'elitism gap'. The 'elitism gap' in the higher-education sector enables higher productivity in leading sectors. In the empirical part of the paper, we develop an index of the elitism gap, as well as an index for leadership in technology. The data show a positive correlation between the index of elitism gap, leadership in technology, and inequality in OECD countries.
Keywords:
ability, skills, productivity, duality, higher education, innovation, elitism gap, wage premium, international leadership
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-982-15-3
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
25-10-2024 9:00 AM
End Date
27-10-2024 6:00 PM
DOI
10.3107/ubt-ic.2024.7
Recommended Citation
Brezis, Elise and Rubin, Amir, "Pathways to Leadership in Technology: Adopting Elitism in Higher Education A simplified two-sectors model of technological innovations" (2024). UBT International Conference. 7.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2024UBTIC/MBE/7
Pathways to Leadership in Technology: Adopting Elitism in Higher Education A simplified two-sectors model of technological innovations
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
This paper stresses that countries with a high elitism gap in higher education are the countries with leadership in technology, but also with high inequality, while countries with a low elitism gap have no leadership in technology. This paper presents a new framework for analyzing leadership in technology by incorporating duality in the higher education system. This paper asserts that there is not just one type of skilled workers, but two types, and there is not one type of education but two - elite universities and standard ones. The gap between top and standard universities is coined as 'elitism gap'. The 'elitism gap' in the higher-education sector enables higher productivity in leading sectors. In the empirical part of the paper, we develop an index of the elitism gap, as well as an index for leadership in technology. The data show a positive correlation between the index of elitism gap, leadership in technology, and inequality in OECD countries.