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This article aims to evaluate the degree of competition in the dairy industry, in the relevant markets of Ultra High … period of December 1999 to December 2005. As a major result, the degree of competition in the UHT relevant market was found … and margin behavior. The outstanding increase of UHT milk consumption has fostered competition and liquidity in the dairy …
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international competition. The main transportation used to deliver this product to the ports at the South and South-Eastern regions …
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This paper presents a critical review on the literature related to technological change in agriculture, and makes a brief description of the alternative approach for agricultural growth. In the traditional literature, technological diffusion, productive dualism and induced innovation are...
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The objective of this paper was to construct a competitive per-formance index (CPI) for the fruit’s pulp ï¬rms of State of Pará. A factor analysis and multiple regression models were used to estimate the CPI. Out the 27 ï¬rms analyzed, the results showed that only one ï¬rm presen-ted a...
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leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajan and Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample … there were selected 26 companies that are classified in one of three subdivisions of the Brazilian agribusiness sector: a … statiscally significant as determinant factors of the debt structure of Brazilian agribusiness companies. It is also possible to …
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Measures to stimulate the demand for some manufacturing products have been carried out by the Brazilian government. However, the country is admittedly competitive in its agricultural production and policies to encourage its demand have not been established in the same magnitude as those of...
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Este estudo explora a instabilidade criada por decisões jurídicas contraditórias relacionadas às quebras contratuais. O mercado a termo representa uma importante fonte de recursos para o financiamento da agricultura Brasileira, no entanto, durante um período de aumento de preços da saca de...
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agribusiness and the sophistication revealed of exports baskets of agribusiness products to the Southern Cone countries and the … sophisticated exports of the products of agribusiness of Southern Cone countries, the greater the effects of income growth and the … multiplier effect (spillovers) for the economies of countries. However, ceteris paribus, to export agribusiness products …
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This work presents main results of how inhabitants of Alto Paraíso de Goias are seeking alternatives to sustainable development through the implantation, by Embrapa, of a project about the rescue of coffee. Mining and farming activities were developed in the region until its main activity...
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Increased emphasis on consumer markets in broiler profitmaximizing modeling generates results that differ from those by traditional profit-maximization models. This approach reveals that the adoption of step pricing and consideration of marketing options (examples of responsiveness to consumers)...
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