Who matters to universities? A stakeholder perspective on humanities, arts and social sciences valorisation

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 567-588

  Benneworth, Paul ^a   Jongbloed, Ben W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knowledge exchange; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge transfer policy; Social compact; Stakeholder theory; Universities; Universities' societal contribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951135760     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9265-2     Document Type: Article

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