The MBA is dead - Part 1: God save the MBA

On the Horizon

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-240

  Blass, Eddie ^a   Weight, Pauline ^b  

^a HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing development; Master of business administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744523344     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748120510627358     Document Type: Article

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