Governance structures in cooperative slaughterhouses
A study on the chain of differentiated beef in the state of Paraná
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4010871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaiane Aparecida Pereira (0000-0003-4254-6311, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil), Amanda Ferreira Guimarães (0000-0002-4425-0306, Universidade Estadual de Maringá), Rejane Heloise Dos Santos (0000-0003-4309-3588, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil), Sandra Mara De Alencar Schiavi (0000-0002-3285-1243, Universidade Estadual de Maringá), Josilene Pequeno De Souza (0000-0002-5659-1044, Universidade Estadual de Maringá) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-2003 • E-ISSN: 1806-9479 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1806-9479.2021.233496 |
| OpenAlex | W3195830667 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0103-20032022000100213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
This study sought to discuss the governance structures adopted between livestock producers and their cooperative slaughterhouses in the chain of differentiated beef in the state of Paraná. The theoretical basis used was the Transaction Cost Economics and Measurement Costs Economics, complemented by the specificities of cooperatives. We conducted interviews with three key agents and eleven representatives of six cooperative slaughterhouses operating in this system. As result, we observed that the cooperatives have similar objectives and requirements, although there are differences in the levels of formality or flexibility. Although transactions are recurrent and have been successful, they involve a high asset specificity, depend on subjective measurements, and are still exposed to market uncertainties, which leaves room for the generation of conflicts and disincentives to quality. Despite this, the relational and reputational aspects associated with trust and partnership between the parties are elements that enable reduced transaction and measurement costs in these structures. At first, the measurements conducted by the cooperatives had an important role in the construction of trust between the parties and for value distribution. In a second moment, the trust built enabled the reduction of measurement costs
Asset specificity · Business · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental economics · Flexibility (engineering) · Formality · General partnership · Industrial organization · Quality (philosophy) · Transaction cost · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Finance · Marketing · Rural Development and Agriculture · Social and Economic Solidarity
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |