Institutional breakdown? An exploratory taxonomy of Australian University failure

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-398

  Murray, David ^a   Dollery, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Institutional failure; New public management; Reform; University policy

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 30844449224     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109020500350237     Document Type: Article

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