The competitive environment of academic productivity and the academic research enterprise in the case of Japan

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-46

  Arimoto, Akira ^a  

^a Hijiyama University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Academic productivity; Academic research enterprise (ARE); Graduate school; National government policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893645105     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-009-9008-1     Document Type: Article

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