The Future of the MBA: Designing the Thinker of the Future

The Future of the MBA: Designing the Thinker of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-160

  Moldoveanu, Mihnea C ^a   Martin, Roger L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Business school; Corporations; Degree; Graduate; Job prospects; Management education; Managers; MBA; University

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EID: 84919839087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340143.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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