Business schools in transition? Issues of impact, legitimacy, capabilities and re-invention

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Howard, Thomas ^a   Cornuel, Eric ^a,b   Thomas, Howard ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b EFMD   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business schools; Competitive strategy; Curricula; Digital technology; Distance learning; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859169523     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211219095     Document Type: Review

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