Executive MBA Degree Programmes (and Related Programmes): Frameworks and Dynamics in Caribbean Universities

Global Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-119

  Inamete, Ufot B ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean universities; comparative analysis; Executive Master of business administration degree programmes; the Caribbean region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873686692     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: 09730664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0972150912466449     Document Type: Article

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