ID: 73970
Authors:
Carolina Andrea G. W. Sudré, José Paulo Souza.
Source:
Revista de Administração Mackenzie, v. 24, n. 4, p. 1-29, July-August, 2023. 29 page(s).
Keyword:
dairy agro-
-industrial system , Measurement Cost
Economics , property rights , protection mechanisms , Transaction Cost Economics
Document type: Article (Portuguese)
Show Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to understand the mechanisms of property
rights guarantee in the dairy agro-industrial system (DAGS) in Paraná,
Brazil, and in the old Midi-Pyrénées region, France.
Originality/value: From a complementary perspective of Transaction
Cost Theory and Measurement Cost Theory, the proposal in the study is
that the use of mechanisms to guarantee property rights through safeguards, parameters, measurement, agreements, or litigation contributes
to the transaction of differentiated products and also to the protection
of these rights, favoring systems improvement.
Design/method/approach: A descriptive qualitative study was done,
encompassing 25 semi-structured interviews with producers, processors, and key agents of the DAGS in the state of Paraná in Brazil and in
the old Midi-Pyrénées region of France, in 2016 and 2017. Qualitative
content analysis was performed with NVivo Pro software.
Findings: It was identified that in France and in the central-eastern and
western regions of Paraná, the use of complementary protection property
rights mechanisms (safeguards, parameters, measurement, agreements,
or litigation) allows higher quality milk transactions and reinvestments
in production by agents, contributing to system improvement. In the
northern region of Paraná, the limited use of property rights mechanisms
(verbal agreement, measurement, unreliable information sharing, and
the absence of ex post protection) allows minimal quality milk transactions and restricts reinvestments in production, limiting systems improvement
