Mapping globally branded business schools: A strategic positioning analysis

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1420-1440

  Thomas, Howard ^a   Li, Xiaoying ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business schools; Cluster analysis; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049090388     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910995639     Document Type: Article

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