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Resilient Universities : Confronting Changes in a Challenging World. Jan Erik Karlsen
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Author: Jan Erik KarlsenDate: 06 Nov 2013
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English
Format: Paperback::412 pages
ISBN10: 3034317166
ISBN13: 9783034317160
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Dimension: 150x 225x 27.94mm::620g
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