Research funding and academic output: evidence from the Agricultural University of Athens

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-256

  Drivas, Kyriakos ^a   Balafoutis, Athanasios T ^a   Rozakis, Stelios ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EUROPEAN UNION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84961201661     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: 14701030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109028.2016.1150575     Document Type: Article

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