Routes of academic internationalization: case EAESP/FGV

Abstract

This work has as its main objective analyzes the theoretical and practical aspects of academic internationalization process, through the main events and pathways developed over the 60 years of the EAESP/FGV - São Paulo Business School of the Getulio Vargas Foundation. Two empirical surveys were conducted, involving former directors, coordinators of the major international programs, and all professors who teach at the institution about their formation and international activities. It was concluded that the EAESP/FGV has developed an international, diversified and consolidated trajectory, surpassing the activities related to professor and student mobility. However, some limitations have been identified for further development of internationalization as a strategic brand of the institution. At the end, the contribution of this work is to indicate how the internationalization practices adopted by EAESP / FGV, reflect the reality of the time of their international strategies that support currently its competitive position within the global business schools.