Teaching timeless truths through classic literature: Aesop's fables and strategic management

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 816-832

  Short, Jeremy C ^a   Ketchen, David J ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesop; classic literature; fables; story telling; strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863214657     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562904271450     Document Type: Article

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