The objective of this work is to analyze the Arte Rio Cooperative’s decision making process to assess how far it comprehends itsmembers’ cooperative production system, i.e. if there is a logic governing the process that is different from utilitarian economics. Itwas inferred that the logic...

Credit unions generate surpluses over their operations by the difference between rates charged less cost of services and/ or thedifference between rates paid and charged in the operations of financial intermediation between their members. In this context, thereare important management decisions...

An economic model was developed to analyze the put optioncontract role to stabilize prices in the paddy market. The possibility ofusing Federal Government Acquisitions (AGF) to complement the optioninstrument was considered. The role of the options was to reducethe risks of storing the product...

In the recent years we have observed a strong movement to provide alternatives for innovative economic development, to considerproblems relating to poverty and income generation. The study of the productive chain of fruits in the northern region of the state ofEspirito Santo, Brazil, seeks to...