Adapting an American-based Simulation to a Hong Kong Classroom

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 9-40

  du Babcock, Bertha ^a   Babcock, Richard D ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

American business systems; Case studies; intercultural communication; simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992776130     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108056990006300202     Document Type: Article

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