Can the reputation of an established business school change?

Management in Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 169-180

  Safón, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

business schools; reputation; SEM techniques; universities; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867322397     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020611433081     Document Type: Article

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