Building the innovative and entrepreneurial university: An institutional case study of administrative academic capitalism

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 516-543

  McClure, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic capitalism; Administrator; Case study; Entrepreneurial; Executive; Innovative; Roles; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968902657     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2016.0023     Document Type: Article

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