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Volume 48 Number 2 Year 2013

14 articles in this issue 

Silvia Morales de Queiroz Caleman, Guilherme Fowler de Avila Monteiro

The main objective of this perspective paper is to analyze the role of the judiciary in resolving conflicts between cattle raisers and meatpacking firms in Brazil. Looking at the transaction for the acquisition of cattle for slaughter in the state of Mato... see more

Pags. 208 - 221  

Felippe Cauê Serigati, Paulo Furquim de Azevedo

Many papers have discussed the importance of a higher degree of commitment between a cooperative and its members, prompting empirical studies on the subject. This paper joins this current by investigating what conditions behavior of higher commitment, and... see more

Pags. 222 - 238  

Gabriela Feresin Jardim, Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes, Luiz Ferraz de Mesquita

This study investigates which combinations of internal governance structures (market, bureaucratic, and community) allow the greatest scope for developing the innovation capacity of small firms. It draws on the studies by Grandori and Furnari (2008, 2010)... see more

Pags. 239 - 253  

Renata Giovinazzo Spers, James Terence Coulter Wright, André de Azevedo Amedomar

Brazilian milk production has grown steadily and in 2004 the country became self-sufficient in dairy production. This article develops possible scenarios for the milk production chain in Brazil for the year 2020 in order to contribute to decisions that mu... see more

Pags. 254 - 267  

Luciano Thomé e Castro, Marcos Fava Neves, Julio Kyosen Nakatani

This paper aims to evaluate existing and proposed organizational models for public irrigation perimeters (PPI) in Brazil's semi-arid region. In a period of change in agriculture and the remodeling of public investment with the employment of mechanisms for... see more

Pags. 268 - 280  

Sebastián Senesi, Fabio Ribas Chaddad, Hernán Palau

Argentina is among the four largest producers of soybeans, sunflower, corn, and wheat, among other agricultural products. Institutional and policy changes during the 1990s fostered the development of Argentine agriculture and the introduction of innovativ... see more

Pags. 281 - 294  

Caio César de Medeiros Costa, Anna Laura Teixeira de Almeida, Marco Aurélio Marques Ferreira, Edson Arlindo Silva

Given the importance of the agriculture sector to the Brazilian economy, it is essential to understand the determinants of agricultural development in its municipalities. Based on the theoretical framework that addresses issues related to determinants of ... see more

Pags. 295 - 309  

Sara Gurfinkel Marques de Godoy

Based on the new institutional economics, the focus of this research was to identify transaction costs in CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) projects and investigate whether they affect project efficiency or create project development barriers. More specif... see more

Pags. 310 - 326  

Roberto Carlos Bernardes, Carmen Augusta Varela, Flávia Luciane Consoni, Eliana Sabá Sacramento

The aim of this paper is to investigate the trajectories of two Brazilian start-up companies dedicated to R&D (Research and Development) in biotechnology: Alellyx and CanaVialis. Both are cases of academic spin-offs from Projeto Genoma, created by Fapesp ... see more

Pags. 327 - 340  

Christiano França da Cunha, Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes, Denise Yvonne Mainville

It is generally assumed that the institutional environment plays an important role in determining governance, as this may entail different transaction costs for economic agents. Based on the new institutional economics (NIE), the objective of this paper w... see more

Pags. 341 - 358  

Luciana Florêncio de Almeida, Cláudio Antonio Pinheiro Machado Filho

In a competitive world, the way a firm establishes its organizational arrangements may determine the enhancement of its core competences and the possibility of reaching new markets. Firms that find their skills to be applicable in just one type of market ... see more

Pags. 359 - 374  

Gaetano Martino

The paper considers some issue in the governance of the European Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). The PDO systems are the outcomes of both farmers and consumers expectations and connect the valorisation of the agricultural and rural resources of giv... see more

Pags. 375 - 392