A constructivist approach to designing business simulations for strategic management

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-230

  Thavikulwat, Precha ^a   Pillutla, Sharma ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Computer assisted; Constructivist; Instructivist; Market share; Production experience; Profitability; Real markets; Strategic management; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952521796     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108315072     Document Type: Article

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