Massification, competition and organizational diversity in higher education: Evidence from italy

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-300

  Rossi, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Diversity; Higher education; Organization studies; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952053767     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903050539     Document Type: Article

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