Positioning higher education for the knowledge based economy

Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 589-610

  St George, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Development; Governance; Higher education; Knowledge based economy; Management; State; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747637719     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-005-0955-0     Document Type: Review

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