Effectiveness of using an enterprise system to teach process-centered concepts in business education

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-74

  Noguera, Jose H ^a   Watson, Edward F ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business performance; Education; Management training; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131992     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576050410510953     Document Type: Article

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