Regional centre of expertise as transformational platform for sustainability: A case study of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-497

  Sanusi, Zainal Abidin ^a   Khelghat Doost, Hamoon ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Centres of excellence; Higher education; Leadership; Malaysia; Networking; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349128675     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810905580     Document Type: Article

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