Reach-in and reach-out: The story of the MSc in pipeline engineering at Newcastle University

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 709-733

  Whitehurst, Fiona ^a   Siedlok, Frank ^b   Race, Julia ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Reach out'; Collaboration; Industry; Regional development; Teaching; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049162607     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242608096090     Document Type: Article

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