The competitive funding of university research: The case of Finnish science universities

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-679

  Tammi, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economic analysis of higher education and research; Funding of universities; Higher education policy; Science policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749109450     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9169-6     Document Type: Article

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