MBA admission criteria and an entrepreneurial mind-set: Evidence from "Western" style MBAs in India and Thailand

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-172

  Shepherd, Dean A ^a   Douglas, Evan J ^b   Fitzsimmons, Jason R ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 61849116749     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2008.32712615     Document Type: Article

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