Indicators on individual higher education institutions: Addressing data problems and comparability issues

Research Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 66-78

  Bonaccorsi, Andrea ^a   Daraio, Cinzia ^a   Lepori, Benedetto ^b   Slipersæter, Stig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

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EID: 34548600051     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820207X218141     Document Type: Article

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