The international branch campus as transnational strategy in higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 627-645

  Wilkins, Stephen ^a   Huisman, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional distance; Institutional theory; International branch campuses; Risk assessment; Transnational strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866512462     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9516-5     Document Type: Article

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