Purpose: Most research and development (R&D) activities in Brazil are performed by science and technology institutions (STIs). The purpose of this research was to determine whether environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) developed by these organizations were transferred to companies, either...

Purpose: Most research and development (R&D) activities in Brazil are performed by science and technology institutions (STIs). The purpose of this research was to determine whether environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) developed by these organizations were transferred to companies, either...

This paper presents the theoretical roots from which emerges the New Institutional Economics (NIS). It shows that the NIS, in discussion with other branches institutionalists, reveals important theoretical limitations and contradictions. The lack of that rescue in studies on agribusiness...

O objetivo deste trabalho é determinar como as características estruturais das diferentes redes de poder na pecuária de Mato Grosso do Sul influenciam a ação estratégica dos atores nelas inseridos. Para tanto, foi empreendido um estudo de múltiplos casos. No caso da rede láctea,...

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as vulnerabilidades das redes de suprimento da carne bovina no Brasil, suas conseqüências imediatas, e as possíveis estratégias de redesenho da rede. As redes que conformam a cadeia de produção agroexportadora da carne bovina mostram alta performance,...

One of the tasks most difficult in the planning of marketing has been the election of the market-target. Being thus, the market segmentation reveals of great importance. The objective of this study is to discuss a market segmentation model of meat consumers. For in such a way, a bibliographical...

During the period between 1945 and 1991 the dairy sector was regulated by the State. The price standardization imposed by the government, conducted many times aiming to facilitate adjustments in economy, had serious consequences right after the end of said intervention. The present study tried...