International benchmarking with the best universities: Policy and practice in mainland China and Taiwan

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-486

  Mok, Ka Ho ^a   Chan, Ying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 57049096605     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2008.21     Document Type: Article

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