Governança corporativa e análise do desempenho de cooperativas de crédito no Brasil / Corporate governance and performance analysis of credit unions in Brasil

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

The evaluation of levels of governance in credit unions has been the subject of more detailed analysis of financial institutions regulation since the establishment of the "Cooperative Governance Project", a strategic project of the Central Bank of Brazil - BCB - which started its activities in 2006. Several tests were conducted under the abovementioned project, with the initial purpose of building a theoretical framework that linked the accepted precepts of corporate governance to the more specific reality of financial cooperatives nationwide. From the construction of such a theoretical framework, a second phase began - the credit union system diagnosis - where among the performed activities one was to send a questionnaire to the cooperatives that reached a significant portion of the institutions, about 90% of the sole credit unions universe in the whole country. The last phase of the project involved the consolidation of the "Guidelines and mechanisms for strengthening governance in credit unions" and dissemination to concerned parties, which culminated with the publication of the book "Cooperative Governance", among other actions related to the purpose of developing the governance of the national credit union. Having presented the perspective view of the previous project from the BCB, the objective of this study is to advance the study of the issue. First, it contextualizes the local credit cooperative scenario, juxtaposing it with the theoretical studies in corporate governance, to then demonstrate and discuss the existing theoretical framework on governance in credit unions. Finally, the conclusion is built in order to analyze, statistically, the influence of the governance levels detected in senior management indoor environments on the economic performance of individual credit cooperatives. The assumption behind this research is that appropriate governance structures or, in other words, the effective functioning of the organs of senior management and control of institutions, together with the existence of a legal and economic environment favorable to the development of these institutions should result, over time, in good economic performance of such entities. A broader interest of this research is to encourage awareness of the need for development of financial cooperatives in Brazil; this development should result in excellent results for the Brazilian economy and society

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cooperativas de credito credit unions

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