Eficiência técnica e de escala das cooperativas agropecuárias do Estado do Paraná / Technical and scale efficieny of agricultural cooperatives in state Paraná

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The Brazilian agricultural cooperatives over the years has changed that significantly influenced the course of business carried by the cooperatives. Cooperatives in many states have experienced changes in its focus of action, began to act in new production bases and markets following the trend of its activities directed to the processing and marketing of agricultural products that offered higher levels of return on their activities. However, changes occurred not only in terms of focus of business, but also in industrial production processes, the profile of the management of cooperatives and strategies to become more competitive. These changes occurred in response to increased competition between companies in the agribusiness, the requirements of international markets and the need to become more efficient in order to ensure the longevity of business cooperative. These aspects were selected agricultural cooperatives in the state of Paraná, which from the state s strong agricultural tradition, tried new experiences in terms of management, technological modernization, growth of market share and barriers to the development of such cooperatives in the Brazil. Thus, we tried to analyze the levels of technical efficiency and scale, in addition to the factors that give greater efficiency to such cooperatives. The investigation of efficiency and its determinants it is relevant, because the agricultural cooperatives in Brazil face great challenges in terms of financing its activities and policy-funding of their cooperators, to a certain extent, influence significantly in their operational performance . Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between efficiency and the financing needs of the agricultural cooperatives Paraná, as a measure of the capacity expansion of its activities and the factors that differentiate cooperatives more efficient. How to theoretical support using the concepts of efficiency and financial management, which reflect the technical and financial aspects of cooperatives. Were surveyed 49 agricultural cooperatives in the state of Paraná, sample that represented 62% of all cooperatives in the state. The financial data collected corresponded to the period of 2006. The methodology used to measure the efficiency is data envelopment analysis (DEA) and to identify factors that differentiate cooperatives more efficient the technique of discriminant analysis. The analysis was done on a global and stratified, as a way of measuring the efficiency of cooperatives jointly and also according to their sizes. Thus, from the stratified analysis found that the cooperatives as of large size had higher levels of efficiency for smaller cooperatives. The second inference was made that the cooperative superutilizam its production units, requiring the investment in their productive capacity, specifically in terms of reorganization of production plants, construction of new units and upgrading technology. After measuring the levels of efficiency, we tried to analyze the financial factors that differentiate the groups of efficient and inefficient cooperatives. From the breakdown, it was identified that cooperatives are more efficient those who had higher level of capital, had higher profitability of its sales of its investments and also of its net worth. Moreover, cooperatives classified as efficient by the model had greater need for working capital and have less time to pay their obligations. In summary, the reality showed that the identified agricultural cooperatives Paraná advanced in terms of greater return on their operations, however, they sought capital from third parties to finance their long-term productive investments and also required higher level of working capital to finance Short-term operations, which are characterized mainly by financing the activities of its cooperated. For the cooperatives can move more significantly, it required the formulation of policies for financing better defined (considering the amount of equity and others), maintaining the highest level of working capital and the adjustment of their policies on credit the profile of each cooperative.

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financial management análise de desempenho economia agraria gestão financeira performance analysis agricultural cooperatives cooperativas agropecuárias

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