Case 22. A Brazilian Dairy Cooperative: Transaction Cost Approach in a Supply Chain

Pacheco Dohms† and Sergio Luiz Lessa de Gusmão‡

† Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; dohms.fernanda@gmail.com

‡ Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; slgusmao@pucrs.br

Supply chain studies are important because a good management system and governance between its members can generate systematic earnings and competitive advantages for an entire supply chain. Therefore, understanding the way that a supply chain is structured and determining the main relations and transactions between its members are essential to making a critical analysis for systemic optimizations.

A cooperative supply ...

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