Patterns of strategies in Swiss higher education institutions

Higher Education

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-178

  Fumasoli, Tatiana ^a   Lepori, Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Higher education institution strategy; Higher education system; Institutional autonomy; Internal governance; Universities as specific organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650204732     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9330-x     Document Type: Article

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