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Assessing the Market Orientation of Higher Education Institutions in Ireland

By: Tomás Dwyer  
Open Access
|Oct 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2024-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X
Language: English
Page range: 121 - 135
Published on: Oct 30, 2024
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