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The more money governments put into elite universities, the better those institutions will perform, with the associated benefits for the national R&D system, and the more likely it is that their academics’ work will be published in highly reputed journals. This is a cherished tenet of most European public educational and research policies, which are currently under attack.
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Carayannis, E.G., Formica, P. (2008). Introduction. In: Carayannis, E.G., Formica, P. (eds) Knowledge Matters. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582262_1
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