The effects of monopsony in higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 623-639

  Cooke, Michael ^a   Lang, Daniel ^b  

^a GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Monopsony; Organizational theory; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749116580     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9166-9     Document Type: Article

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