?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F43638%2F&rft.title=Efici%C3%AAncia+e%2Fou+coes%C3%A3o+territorial%3A+de+que+modo+uma+rede+de+Institui%C3%A7%C3%B5es+de+Ensino+Superior+pode+contribuir+para+estes+objectivos%3F&rft.creator=Rego%2C+Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o&rft.creator=Caleiro%2C+Ant%C3%B3nio&rft.creator=Vieira%2C+Carlos&rft.creator=Vieira%2C+Isabel&rft.creator=Baltazar%2C+Maria+da+Saudade&rft.subject=I23+-+Higher+Education+%3B+Research+Institutions&rft.subject=R12+-+Size+and+Spatial+Distributions+of+Regional+Economic+Activity&rft.subject=H52+-+Government+Expenditures+and+Education&rft.description=The+existence+of+higher+education+institutions+(HEIs)%2C+dispersed+in+different+locations+throughout+the+country%2C+is+probably+one+of+the+most+striking+features+associated+with+the+expansion+of+this+level+of+education+in+Portugal+in+the+last+40+years.+This+phenomenon+is+particularly+relevant+since+the+level+of+qualification+of+the+Portuguese+active+population+remains+small.+The+presence+of+HEIs+causes+very+diverse+effects+of+economic+and+social+nature%2C+which+should+be+addressed+as+a+whole+(over+the+whole+period+of+their+occurrence).+In+confronting+objectives+of+economic+rationality+and+improvement+of+the+qualification+of+Portuguese+population%2C+particularly+of+young+people%2C+it+is+important+to+discuss+the+possibility+of+a+network+of+HEIs%2C+at+the+same+time%2C+efficient+and+promoting+territorial+cohesion.+In+2006%2C+the+OECD+has+pointed+to+the+decline+in+demand+associated+with%2C+among+other+factors%2C+a+sharp+demographic+contraction%2C+in+conjunction+with+the+existence+of+an+excess+in+installed+supply%2C+particularly+in+certain+areas%2C+in+this+level+of+education.+In+this+scenario%2C+it+is+now+added+a+context+of+strong+public+budget+constraints.%0AA+discussion+of+the+characteristics+of+a+network+of+HEIs%2C+in+terms+of+their+efficiency+and+%2F+or+their+contribution+to+territorial+cohesion+must+take+into+account+the+supply+available+from+the+network%2C+as+well+as+the+locations+of+the+network.+It+is+clear+that+the+design+of+a+network+of+HEIs+is+always+political.+Nevertheless%2C+this+decision+making+should+be+based+on+assumptions+of+a+technical+nature.+A+discussion+of+these+assumptions+is+the+goal+we+want+to+achieve+with+this+paper.&rft.date=2013-01&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F43638%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_43638.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rego%2C+Concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o+and+Caleiro%2C+Ant%C3%B3nio+and+Vieira%2C+Carlos+and+Vieira%2C+Isabel+and+Baltazar%2C+Maria+da+Saudade++(2013)%3A+Efici%C3%AAncia+e%2Fou+coes%C3%A3o+territorial%3A+de+que+modo+uma+rede+de+Institui%C3%A7%C3%B5es+de+Ensino+Superior+pode+contribuir+para+estes+objectivos%3F++++&rft.language=pt