Ready for the future? Universities' capabilities to strategically manage their intellectual capital

Foresight

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 31-48

  Elena Pérez, Susana ^a   Saritas, Ozcan ^b   Pook, Katja ^c   Warden, Campbell ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Based at Pook Perspectives   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forward planning; Higher education; Intellectual capital; Romania; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953291377     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636681111126238     Document Type: Article

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