Distance education as strategy: How can your school compete?

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-718

  Fornaciari, Charles J ^a   Forte, Monique ^b   Mathews, Charles S ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009527876     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105256299902300608     Document Type: Article

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