Designing a global multi-disciplinary classroom: A learning experience in supply chain logistics management

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1105-1114

  Barut, Mehmet ^a   Yildirim, Mehmet Bayram ^a   Kilic, Kemal ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Case study; Global learning; Global teams; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751055756     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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