A Comparative study on the corporatization of higher education in Hong Kong and Singapore

Social Transformations in Chinese Societies

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 191-224

  Kin Keung, David Chan ^a  

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EID: 85019882317     PISSN: 18712673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004181922.i-270.57     Document Type: Review

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