SSIs goal is to create intellectual capital - as a result of human capital (skills and capabilities); structural capital (patents, spin-offs, codified knowledge, shared behavioral rules and styles); social capital (shared trusts and glocal partnerships).

1. Students and participants provide input
2. SSI processes generate intellectual capital (output) in the form of distinctive capabilities, spin-offs, patents, and competitive projects
3. Internationalization and networking are the contextual conditions supporting SSIs processes
4. SSIs primary processes are:
   • Strategy management
   • Currriculum management
   • Learning processes
   • Learning assessments
   • Scientific research and investment in infrastructure and innovation
   • Resource management
   • Faculty management
   • Student support

SSI focuses on quality assessment in the production of intellectual capital.