Institutional change of universities as a problem of evolving boundaries

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-309

  Vakkuri, Jarmo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Finland; Institutional change; Performance evaluation; Resource allocation; University management; University reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244256047     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300056     Document Type: Article

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