Resource Allocation in Higher Education in The Context of New Public Management

Public Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 687-711

  Tahar, Sadri ^a   Boutellier, Roman ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

contingency theory; funding; higher education; information processing; New Public Management; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883526039     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.707680     Document Type: Article

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