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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巴西私立高等教育机构的远程教育业务模式分析

本文基于一项研究，该研究的目的是在巴西的私立高等教育机构中创建和分析远程教育（DE）模式下的大学商业模式分类法。作为方法程序，2017年8月至2017年11月进行了一项调查，其中包括43个巴西机构和聚类分析。该分析导致在文献综述中探讨的九个业务模型构建块中的每一个中，由两到三个小组（集群）组成，总共有24个小组。通过这些分组以及对每个组特征的分析，创建了它们的分类学分类，即这项工作的主要目标。根据对43家接受调查的机构的研究，还确定并分析了两种不同的远程教育经常性商业模式。