Introduction: Whither the MBA? Factions, fault lines and the future

Management Learning

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-388

  Brocklehurst, Michael ^a   Sturdy, Andrew ^b   Winstanley, Diana ^c,d   Driver, Michaela ^d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548856814     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607080569     Document Type: Review

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