Taking stock of the century-long utilization of the case method in management education

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-66

  Mesny, Anne ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case method; Learning goals; Learning theories; Management education; Teaching cases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880247545     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: 19364490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/CJAS.1239     Document Type: Article

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