A study of students' perceptions of the usefulness of case studies for the development of finance and accounting-related skills and knowledge

Accounting Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-146

  Weil, Sidney ^a   Oyelere, Peter ^a   Yeoh, Joanna ^b   Firer, Colin ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Case Studies Student Perceptions Skills Knowledge Gender Prior Academic Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242684383     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639280110081642     Document Type: Article

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