The efficacy of business simulation games in creating Decision Support Systems: An experimental investigation

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Ben Zvi, Tal ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom's Taxonomy; Business games; Decision Support Systems; Pedagogy; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY; BUSINESS GAMES; BUSINESS SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING METHODS; TEACHING TOOLS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOMS (METAL); DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; STUDENTS; TAXONOMIES; TEACHING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 76849117289     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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