MARKET ANALYSIS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS BY BRAZILIAN EDUCATIONAL GROUPS

SERGIO MORENO LOPES FERREIRA; RONEY VERSIANI SINDEAUX

doi:10.33836/interacao.v24i2.717

SERGIO MORENO LOPES FERREIRA Unimontes https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4938-6090
RONEY VERSIANI SINDEAUX Unimontes https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0681-4350

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33836/interacao.v24i2.717

Palavras-chave: Mercantilização da educação superior, Oligopólios educativos, FIES, Graduação, Financeirização

Resumo

O presente estudo é uma análise documental dos fatos relevantes que marcaram o processo mercantilista na expansão das IES (Instituições de Ensino Superior) privadas no Brasil. O objetivo é demonstrar que foram criados grandes oligopólios educacionais privados, e a formação de holdings de capital aberto que adquirem IES menores, acabou causando uma possível depreciação da qualidade do ensino, uma vez que as concepções educacionais dessas instituições nunca obtiveram o máximo mensurável de qualidade (nota 5 no Ministério da Educação e Cultura - MEC). Além disso, também levantamos a hipótese de que o oligopólio das IES brasileiras utiliza as fusões e aquisições como forma de sobrevivência, mais do que de expansão.

Biografia do Autor

SERGIO MORENO LOPES FERREIRA, Unimontes

Administrador de Empresas pela Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, especialista em Gerenciamento de Projetos pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas, e Gestão de Negócios pelo IBMEC. Mestrando em Desenvolvimento Econômico e Estratégia Empresarial. Consultor empresarial desde 2007 com foco em análise de viabilidade e valuation. Aspiração nas áreas de Administração Estratégica, principalmente nos temas: planejamento, implementação, gestão, processo de formação estratégica, fusões e aquisições.

RONEY VERSIANI SINDEAUX, Unimontes

Possui graduação em Administração pela Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (1993), mestrado em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2000) e doutorado em Economia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2012). Foi pró-reitor de Planejamento Gestão e Finanças da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros - Unimontes de 2015 a 2018, sendo atualmente coordenador local do DINTER em Administração UNB/Unimontes e do Observatório do Trabalho do Norte de Minas. É professor do Departamento de Ciência da Administração da Unimontes há mais de 20 anos e integra o Programa de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento Econômico e Estratégia Empresarial da Universidade. Tem experiência na área de Administração, com ênfase em Administração de Recursos Humanos - Mercado de Trabalho e administração pública, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: administração, administração de recursos humanos, administração pública, gestão universitária e Norte de Minas.

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