Relevance and rigor: Executive education as a lever in shaping practice and research

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-362

  Tushman, Michael L ^a   O'Reilly, Charles A ^b   Fenollosa, Amy ^a   Kleinbaum, Adam M ^a   McGrath, Dan ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

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EID: 34548784317     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2007.26361625     Document Type: Article

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