Vocational education institutions’ role in national innovation

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Moodie, Gavin ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85008844545     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740600768901     Document Type: Article

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