The role of critical evaluation in finance education: Insights from an MSc programme

Accounting Education

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-586

  Belghitar, Yacine ^a   Belghitar, Giovanna Scataglini ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Finance; Information literacy; Master's dissertations; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959996426     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2010.511705     Document Type: Article

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