What does it mean conceptually that universities compete?

Learning to Compete in European Universities: From Social Institution to Knowledge Business

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 300-328

  Deiaco, Enrico ^a   Holmén, Magnus ^b   McKelvey, Maureen ^c  

^a Swedish Institute for Studies in Education and Research   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 78649806347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781848446106.00019     Document Type: Chapter

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