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Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads

Stephen L. Mangum, +1 more
- 01 Sep 2011 - 
- Vol. 82, Iss: 5, pp 661-664
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In this paper, the authors present Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads, a review of the state of the art in business education at a crossroads.
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(2011). Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 82, No. 5, pp. 661-664.

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