Purpose

The purpose of the study is to investigate the role of the strategy tripod premises, mediated by future foresight and its effect on merger effectiveness in the higher education industry.

Design/methodology/approach

A quantitative survey method was implemented, with the data provided by senior managers of 14 universities that went through a merger from the years 2013–2016. The proposed model was tested using partial least squares (PLS) of structural equation modeling (SEM).

Findings

The results indicate that government support, competitive intensity and knowledge creation capability relate positivity to merger effectiveness, and these relationships are mediated by future foresight competence.

Originality/value

The study provides a better understanding of merger effectiveness in the higher education industry by identifying the role of future foresight competence in the application of strategy tripod and its contribution on merger effectiveness. Results indicate that future foresight competence contributes to the merger effectiveness and enables the effective implementation of the strategy tripod dimensions in higher education mergers.

中文翻译：

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高等教育行业并购有效性的战略三脚架视角：未来预见的中介作用

目的

本研究的目的是调查战略三脚架前提的作用，以未来的远见为中介，及其对高等教育行业并购效率的影响。

设计/方法/方法

实施了定量调查方法，数据由2013-2016年合并的14所大学的高级管理人员提供。使用结构方程建模 (SEM) 的偏最小二乘法 (PLS) 测试所提出的模型。

发现

结果表明，政府支持、竞争强度和知识创造能力与并购效率呈正相关，这些关系受未来预见能力的调节。

原创性/价值

该研究通过确定未来预见能力在战略三脚架应用中的作用及其对合并有效性的贡献，更好地了解高等教育行业的合并有效性。结果表明，未来的预见能力有助于合并的有效性，并使高等教育合并中战略三脚架维度的有效实施成为可能。