Universities as strategic actors in the knowledge economy

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 525-541

  Deiaco, Enrico ^a   Hughes, Alan ^a   McKelvey, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; KNOWLEDGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84861166915     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bes024     Document Type: Article

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