New roles and strategies of a research council: Intermediation of the principal-agent relationship

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 323-336

  van der Meulen, Barend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH INSTITUTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

NORWAY;

EID: 0242720896     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154303781780344     Document Type: Article

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