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| Carvalho, Flavio Leonel de; Bialoskorski Neto, Sigismundo. |
| The objective of this work was to identify the main economic and financial indicators which should be considered in the evaluation of the performance of agricultural cooperatives. Cooperatives have two dimensions, social and economic, and studies have shown that, in agricultural cooperatives, the social performance is a consequence of the economic performance. Therefore, the performance of these entities was evaluated using economic and financial indicators. Applying the Factor Analysis statistical technique to 150 financial statements of agricultural cooperatives from São Paulo state, from 2001 to 2006, it was possible to find out the level of correlation among several indicators, as well as to group them into factors. Four main factors were found by... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Economical indicators; Factor analysis; Performance.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61736 |
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| Bialoskorski Neto, Sigismundo. |
| Agricultural cooperatives in Brazil, as in other countries, develop through vertical integration in order to promote industrialization of the agricultural product and to aggregate the value of agricultural commodities. The vertical integration strategy was a predominant business planning adopted by Brazilian agricultural cooperatives in the 1980s. It was responsible for greater assets in cooperatives, larger agro industrial plants, and higher debt structure. Nowadays, it is possible to observe new agro industrial cooperative organizations in Brazil called "Virtual Cooperatives." These virtual organizations do not possess significant assets or industrial plants, but represent a network that has a particular business strategy in the markets. In order to... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60900 |
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