Regionalização da Sober: a experiência do Nordeste

Abstract: This article analyzes the decentralization strategy adopted since 2005 by the Northeast Regional Coordination of the Brazilian Society of Economics, Administration and Rural Sociology (Sober) through the organization of annual meetings in medium-sized cities in Northeastern states. The purpose of this initiative was the internalization of this scientific society, whose effects are analyzed based on the historical method applied to management organizations, as a way to verify the impacts on the organization of this adopted procedure. The results indicate growth effects of the society in the region, and it can be a mean of improving the sustainability conditions of this organization in Brazil.