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Employers’ Perceptions of Business and Economics Graduates’ Competencies in Croatia

Business Systems Research Journal
Volume 10 (2019): Issue 2 (September 2019)
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|Sep 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2019-021 | Journal eISSN: 1847-9375 | Journal ISSN: 1847-8344
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Language: English
Page range: 108 - 123
Submitted on: May 22, 2018
Accepted on: Jan 3, 2019
Published on: Sep 16, 2019
Published by: IRENET - Society for Advancing Innovation and Research in Economy
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Keywords:
competencies,
importance-performance analysis - IPA,
business and economics,
demographics and finance,
Croatia
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Business management, other,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Mathematics

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