Increasing student interest and engagement with business cases by turning them into consulting exercises

Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-381

  Erzurumlu, S Sinan ^a   Rollag, Keith ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Case study; Case teaching method; Experiential exercise; Role playing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885044884     PISSN: 15404595     EISSN: 15404609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsji.12019     Document Type: Article

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