The making of a world-class university at the periphery: Seoul national university

World Class Worldwide: Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 122-139

  Kim, Ki Seok ^a   Nam, Sunghee ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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