Establishing best practice university research funding strategies using mixed-mode modelling

Omega

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-225

  Nicholls, Miles G ^a   Cargill, Barbara J ^b  

^a LUT University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mixed mode modelling; Strategy evaluation; University research funding

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; BEST PRACTICES; EXPERT PANELS; FUNDING PROBLEMS; MIXED-MODE MODELS; RESEARCH FUNDING; STRATEGY EVALUATIONS; UNIVERSITY RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FUNDING; UP PERIOD;

FINANCE;

EID: 77955845564     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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