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Research and Incentives

The Case of Two Private Universities in Argentina

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Private Universities in Latin America

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Abstract

Over the past decades, research-driven universities have been positioning themselves as central players of an economy that has proven to be increasingly dependent on the creation and dissemination of knowledge for the advancement of human progress. Those institutions frequently receive high rankings and boast their prestige (Salmi 2009). Thus, in higher education research has become a critical function that impacts not only society, but also the institutions that carry it out.

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Rabossi, M. (2015). Research and Incentives. In: Gregorutti, G., Delgado, J.E. (eds) Private Universities in Latin America. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137479389_11

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