Online business education in the twenty-first century: An analysis of potential target markets

Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-260

  Evans, Joel R ^a   Haase, Ilene M ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NPD Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Business education; Computer based training; Distance learning; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543117229     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240110396432     Document Type: Article

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