Budgetary allocation and organizational characteristics of higher education institutions: A review of existing studies and a framework for future research

Higher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-78

  Lepori, Benedetto ^a   Usher, John ^b   Montauti, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Budgeting; Change; Higher education institutions; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873997035     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9581-9     Document Type: Article

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