Flávio Manoel Coelho Borges Cardoso received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the Federal University of Bahia (1992), his full degree with qualification in administration from the Federal Technological University of Paraná (1997), his bachelor of laws from UniEvangélica (2022), his specialist degree in controlling and finance from PUC-GO, his master's degree in administration from PUC Minas (2005), and his PhD in administration from the University of Brasília (UNB) and Universidad Jaume I (UJI) in Spain (2016). He has been a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra since 2023 and is a full professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology, Goiano. He is a permanent professor accredited with the Master's Program in Professional and Technological Education (ProfEPT) at IF Goiano Campus Ceres and the Master's Program in Administration at IF Goiano Campus Rio Verde. He has experience in the area of administration and education, working mainly on the following topics: entrepreneurship, local productive arrangements or clusters, spin-offs, law and justice, and professional and technological education.