INACAP

INACAP was the largest tertiary education institution in Chile, with little more than 54,000 students and with coverage across the country. Since 1966, the organization had provided technical and vocational training for work through its Technical Training Center (TTC) and its professional center (VC). In 2007, in the face of growing competition from the many new private TTCs, VCs and universities, education for work, decided INACAP its technical program mix to expand and university: … Read more »

INACAP was the largest tertiary education institution in Chile, with little more than 54,000 students and with coverage across the country. Since 1966, the organization had provided technical and vocational training for work through its Technical Training Center (TTC) and its professional center (VC). In 2007, in the face of growing competition from the many new private TTCs, VCs and universities, education for work, decided INACAP its technical program mix to expand and university: Universidad de Chile Tecnol gica. The decision made in the provision of university education, an area where INACAP had no previous experience. One of his competitors was the DUOC, with a long-standing presence in the market. It provided high-quality technical and vocational training under the wing of one of the most prestigious universities in the market, Universidad Cat lica (UC). The other competitor was Santo Tom s (UST), a university that does not. Benefit from the high reputation of the UC Universidad, but grants academic degrees to its graduates This meant that, even if the programs did not measure up to those of INACAP, graduates of Santo Tom s had a university degree, a valued asset in a country that is overrated degree. In this scenario, when INACAP leaders saw the chance to purchase Universidad Vicente Rosales P rez, they made a decision to go out and buy it. However, the decision did change INACAP strategic position. Only a few months after purchase, entered the acting rector and the new Rector, Gonzalo Vargas, their competitive strategy was obsessed with the need to address the validity of the business model, operating system INACAP evaluate and decide faced.
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from
Mladen Koljatic,
Monica Silva
Jose Rivera
Source: Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
21 pages.
Release Date: 1 September 2009. Prod #: SKE131-PDF-ENG
INACAP HBR case solution