Global university rankings and their impact

Leadership for World-Class Universities: Challenges for Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 145-158

  Liu, Nian Cai ^a   Cheng, Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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