Competition for talent. Country and organizational-level effects in the internationalization of European higher education institutions

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 789-802

  Lepori, B ^a   Seeber, M ^b   Bonaccorsi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition for talent; Higher education; Internationalization; Multi level models; Queuing models of labor markets

Indexed keywords

DISPENSERS; QUEUEING THEORY;

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; INTERNATIONALIZATION; LABOR MARKETS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; RESEARCH ORIENTATIONS; STRUCTURAL CONDITION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84923228152     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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