Revista Gestão Universitária na América Latina (Jan 2015)
CRESCIMENTO DA FIRMA CONTEMPORÂNEA: ESTUDO DE CASO DE UMA INSTITUIÇÃO DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
Abstract
The competition among firms is observed in all markets being them producers of goods orservices providers. Under the point of view of many competition aspects and market, a HigherEducation Institution also configures itself as being a Penrosian firm. Because of that, thisstudy proposes to analyze the growing of a Higher Education Institution of Rio Grande do Sulunder the Theory of the Firm. The method used to develop this study was the qualitative andexploratory approach using technical procedures as secondary sources, bibliographic surveysabout the issue and internal documents from the examined organization. As the result of thisstudy considerations are presented showing the growing of the organization and identifiedcorrelatives between the evolution of the Institution and the elements of the Theory of theFirm.