Managing offshore branch campuses: An analytical framework for institutional strategies

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-127

  Shams, Farshid ^a   Huisman, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross border campus; globalization; international education; localization; offshore education; strategy; transnational HE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860173494     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315311413470     Document Type: Article

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