Is higher education in the UK becoming more competitive?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 578-588

  Adcroft, Andy ^a   Teckman, Jon ^b   Willis, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fletcher Teckman Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Higher education; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955893550     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551011069040     Document Type: Article

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