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Learning to Produce a Financial Plan: Student Perceptions of Integrating Knowledge and Skills

By: Michelle Cull  
Open Access
|Mar 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fprj-2019-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2206-1355 | Journal ISSN: 2206-1347
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 54
Submitted on: May 10, 2018
Accepted on: Jan 3, 2019
Published on: Mar 19, 2024
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