ABSTRACT
An early attempt at voluntary cooperation was a meeting in 1966 of the First Brazilian Congress of Schools of Business Administration, with 15 schools represented. Most of the other elements Berry found useful in the US network are missing in Brazil. Interschool mobility of faculty is low; family ties to a region or even to a city are strong, and those who have developed consulting contacts fear destroying them by a prolonged absence. The role of government in building for quality is of course crucial. With respect to the universities and schools within which management education is lodged, one can say that public institutions have lacked flexibility and private institutions have had too much. Private schools of administration have had too much freedom. Many of these schools were economically small and located far from urban centers, while others were simply large urban diploma mills.
