Undergraduate Business Education: It's Time to Think Outside the Box

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 202-209

  Herrington, John Duncan ^a   Arnold, Danny R ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

business; curriculum; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920079774     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832323.2012.672934     Document Type: Article

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