An egg-centric approach to teaching strategic types: Adapting a classic exercise

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 583-592

  Warner, Alfred G ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

games; group activities; resources; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385199     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562904272435     Document Type: Article

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