Institutional change in the German higher education system: From professional dominance to managed education.

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Institutional change in the German higher education system: From professional dominance to managed education. / Reihlen, Markus; Wenzlaff, Ferdinand.
Handbook on the entrepreneurial University. ed. / Alain Fayolle; Dana Redford. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014. p. 112 - 135.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

Harvard

Reihlen, M & Wenzlaff, F 2014, Institutional change in the German higher education system: From professional dominance to managed education. in A Fayolle & D Redford (eds), Handbook on the entrepreneurial University. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 112 - 135. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007020.00011

APA

Reihlen, M., & Wenzlaff, F. (2014). Institutional change in the German higher education system: From professional dominance to managed education. In A. Fayolle, & D. Redford (Eds.), Handbook on the entrepreneurial University (pp. 112 - 135). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781007020.00011

Vancouver

Reihlen M, Wenzlaff F. Institutional change in the German higher education system: From professional dominance to managed education. In Fayolle A, Redford D, editors, Handbook on the entrepreneurial University. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2014. p. 112 - 135 doi: 10.4337/9781781007020.00011

Bibtex

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