The management of universities. President's lecture delivered at annual general meeting of the Scottish economic society 6-8th April 1999

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 505-522

  Johnes, Geraint ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033458025     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00145     Document Type: Article

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