Quanto mais complexo for o ambiente que envolve o processo decisório, mais difícil este último se torna, uma vez que aumenta o número de variáveis a serem analisadas, bem como as relações possíveis entre as variáveis. No ambiente dos agronegócios o panorama observado não parece ser...

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...

Entre os anos 2001/2007, a agricultura nacional cresceu a taxas extraordinárias, superiores às dos outros setores da economia. Este excelente desempenho da agricultura nacional ocorreu sem que existisse um aparato de políticas públicas para fomentá-lo. Desta forma, o desempenho da...

O crescimento do setor de serviços tem evidenciado a importância de as empresas dedicarem maisatenção à qualidade com que seus serviços são prestados. Dentre todos os aspectos considerados, umdos mais relevantes, porém muitas vezes deixado para segundo plano, refere-se à qualidade que...

Na literatura da área de estratégia de operações, os critérios competitivos devem ser priorizados tendo como referência a importância desses para os clientes, o desempenho da comparativo aos concorrentes, os trade-offs existentes entre os critérios e a disponibilidades de recursos...

The recent expansion of the sugar and ethanol industries has raised some concerns regarding a number of issues. One major concernis with the quality of employment, the level of remuneration, the presence of child labor, the low qualification of the workers,informality and the high presence of...

The national market for FLV (fruits, legumes and vegetables) has grown significantly in recent years. However, due to the high perishability of these products, their quality is subject to appropriate processes of standardization, selection, classification, packaging and transportation to avoid...

The analysis and measurement of production and transaction costs is an important tool in guiding decisions and in comprehendingthe behavior of the agents in a particular institutional environment. Although production costs have been widely studied in theliterature, transaction costs have not...

Measurement Cost Theory (MCT) and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) are both theoretical frameworks applied to the studyof economic transactions. In the MCT, the attributes’ measurability is a key variable for identifying efficient modes of governance.The application of MCT to agri systems...

This paper is a preliminary analysis of the governance structure of the faire trade of orange juice between Brazil andFrance. Fair trade is an organizational field composed of complex organizational networks that maintain relationsof mutual dependence and share the same values system. As fair...