Graduate Business Education: Profiling Successful Students and Its Relevance for Marketing and Recruitment Policy

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Eddey, Peter ^a   Baumann, Chris ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic performance; international students; language proficiency; marketing strategy; postgraduate business programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858770274     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.84.3.160-168     Document Type: Article

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