Com base na teoria dos Arranjos Produtivos Locais (APL), as empresas buscam interações, a fim de atender suas necessidades e obter ganhos futuros. O presente artigo busca caracterizar as conexões estabelecidas entre os atores inseridos no APL têxtil da região metropolitana de São Paulo por meio da Análise de Redes Sociais (ARS). Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva para evidenciar as conexões estabelecidas entre as empresas do APL. A análise das medidas indicaram pouca cooperação e realização de negócios entre as empresas, de forma que as vantagens de participar do APL necessitam ser mais exploradas. Há necessidade de uma reflexão mais abrangente a respeito da atuação das empresas, dos agentes externos e das potencialidades locais.

The depth of involvement of the consumer when hiring or purchasing a service is directly connected to the size of the risk he can perceive throughout the process of evaluation and acquisition of the product. That's why, when there are risks while choosing the higher education course, the cognitive dissonance comes as an important component to be analyzed in the process. Because of that, the objective of this article is to identify the main reasons for the graduate student's preferences for choosing Distance Education (DE) in lieu to presencial classes. In Brazil, this issue is particularly relevant due to the exponential growth of distance education, as a result of Information and Communication Technologies' (ICT) expansion and the promulgation of 1996's "Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional" (Law of Education Guidelines and Bases). As a methodological approach, exploratory research was conducted using the semi-structured interviews technique with a sample of ten people who had or still have gone through a DE graduation, regardless of the course. For the data analysis it was used the Content Analysis. During the final results it was shown that the flexible hours made possible by distance education through ICT was the main reason for choosing the DE over a classroom course.

Este artigo caracteriza-se pelo estudo das relações entre os atores participantes do Arranjo Produtivo Local (APL) têxtil e de confecções situado na região da Grande São Paulo a partir de uma visão de governança. Para compreender os fatores facilitadores e dificultadores das relações no arranjo, foi feito um levantamento bibliográfico sobre os temas. Foram entrevistados representantes do sindicato do setor têxtil e de confecções, da prefeitura local e de uma universidade colaboradora do aglomerado. Além disso, 26 empresas pertencentes ao APL responderam a um questionário estruturado e, por fim, assistiu-se uma reunião do arranjo em junho de 2015. A principal conclusão deste artigo é que ainda há mais fatores dificultadores que facilitadores para o sucesso do APL estudado, como a pouca adesão/participação das empresas do setor e a escassez de mão de obra especializada no setor.

This article is based on a research whose objective was to create and analyze the undergraduate business model taxonomy in Distance Education (DE) modality at private Higher Education Institutions in Brazil. As methodological procedure, a survey was conducted from August to November 2017, with 43 Brazilian institutions and a cluster analysis. The analysis resulted in the formation of two to three groups (clusters) in each of the nine business model building blocks explored in the literature review, in a total of 24 groups. From these groupings and the analysis of each group characteristics, their taxonomic classifications were created, that is, the main objective of this work. Two distinct and recurrent business models in distance education were also identified and analyzed, based on the 43 surveyed institutions study.

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