The transfer of management knowledge to China: building learning communities rather than translating Western textbooks?

Education + Training

Volumn 41, Issue , 1999, Pages 286-294

  Newell, Sue ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Education; Management; Management development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132910     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400919910285336     Document Type: Article

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