Is the university model an organizational necessity? Scale and agglomeration effects in science

Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education: A Changing Landscape

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 233-266

  Brandt, Tasso ^a   Schubert, Torben ^b,c  

^a IfS Institut für Stadtforschung und Strukturpolitik Institute for Urban Research and Structural Policy   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84926490069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783472000.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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