Identifying needs of potential students in tertiary education for strategy development

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 90-96

  Joseph, Mathew ^a   Joseph, Beatriz ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WAIKATO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business education; New Zealand; Service quality; Strategy; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549092317     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889810205741     Document Type: Article

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