Towards understanding the impeders of strategy implementation in higher education (HE). A case of HE institutes in Iran

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-147

  Alashloo, Fariborz Rahimnia ^a   Castka, Pavel ^b   Sharp, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Higher education; Middle East; Strategic management; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344406464     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880510594382     Document Type: Article

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