Employers' perception of competences acquired through academic marketing training in knowledge based economy

Amfiteatru Economic

Volumn 13, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 446-463

  Plăiaş, Ioan ^a   Pop, Ciprian Marcel ^a   Băbuţ, Raluca ^a   Dabija, Dan Cristian ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Academic curricula; Competences; Graduates; Marketing training; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873981071     PISSN: 15829146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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