Role of Small, Comprehensive Universities in Regional Economic Development: Experiences from Two Nordic cases
The paper investigates the experience of three Nordic universities, Aarhus in Denmark, Joensuu in Finland, and Tromsö in Norway, which are comparable in several respects. Drawing from the comparison of the three cases, the conclusions focus on the realisation of a universitys local and regional development potential.
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