O Fortuna! Medieval conduct texts, the collapse of Enron, and a call for a revolution in management education

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-168

  Rippin, Ann ^a   Fleming, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boethius; Development and education; Enron; Failure; Machiavelli; Management; Revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009569243     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744935907078724     Document Type: Article

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