Universities and the mobilization of claims of excellence for competitive advantage

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 749-764

  Wangenge Ouma, Gerald ^a   Langa, Patrício V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Claims of excellence; Competition; Higher education; Kenya; Mozambique; Resources; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951116106     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9278-x     Document Type: Article

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