Competitiveness, the Knowledge-Based Economy and Higher Education

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-44

  Sum, Ngai Ling ^a   Jessop, Bob ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Economic imaginary; Higher education; Knowledge brand; Knowledge based economy; Michael Porter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874248025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-012-0121-8     Document Type: Article

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