Business simulation exercises in small business management education:Using principles and ideas from action learning

Action Learning: Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-16

  Gabrielsson, Jonas ^a   Tell, Joakim ^b   Politis, Diamanto ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action learning; Business school education; Keywords; Simulations; Small business management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960292418     PISSN: 14767333     EISSN: 14767341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767330903576812     Document Type: Article

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