scholarly journals Dinâmicas do processo de governança e coordenação dos agentes que compõem um destino de turismo sustentável, no Centro-Oeste brasileiro

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Augusto Pasquotto Mariani ◽  
Dyego de Oliveira Arruda ◽  
Maria Claudia Mancuelho Malta
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
City Tourism ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

A atividade turística, para que seja planejada e desenvolvida, necessita da participação e de uma série de agentes dos mais variados setores econômicos, os quais devem coordenar-se de forma sistêmica para o sucesso dos produtos turísticos. Partindo desta premissa, o presente estudo tem como objetivo geral analisar as dinâmicas de coordenação e estruturas de governança entre agentes envolvidos na operacionalização do sistema turístico de Bonito, no Mato Grosso do Sul – um dos mais relevantes destinos de ecoturismo nacionais e regionais. Utilizou-se, para tanto, a transação como unidade de análise, partindo do referencial teórico da Economia dos Custos de Transação (ECT), particularmente no que tange à importância dos atributos da transação, dos pressupostos comportamentais e do ambiente institucional na coordenação e governança entre agentes econômicos. Foram pesquisadas agências de turismo de Bonito; atrativos turísticos; guias de turismo; além de representantes do ambiente institucional local/regional. Notou-se, a partir da apuração dos resultados levantados com entrevistas e análise de conteúdo, que os agentes investigados estabelecem formas híbridas de governança, com um contrato explícito (Voucher Único), além de contratos tácitos embasados em relações de confiança e proximidade, que garantem todo o funcionamento e a eficiência do sistema turístico em questão. Sugere-se, à guisa de maiores conclusões, que outros sistemas turísticos, à luz do caso de Bonito, também poderiam estabelecer mecanismos de ordenamento e coordenação de suas respectivas atividades de turismo, contribuindo para a ampliação da eficiência e da perenidade desta importante atividade socioeconômica. Dynamics of governance process and coordination of agents that compose a sustainable tourism destination in the brazilian Midwest ABSTRACT Tourism activity, to be planned and developed, requires the participation of a significant number of agents of the most varied economic sectors, which should coordinate themselves in a systemic way for the success of tourism products. Based on that premise, the present study has as main objective to analyze the dynamics of coordination and governance structures between agents involved in the operation of the tourism system of Bonito, in Mato Grosso do Sul/Brazil - one of the most relevant national and regional ecotourism destinations. In this work, we used the transaction as the unit of analysis, based on the theoretical framework of the Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), particularly regarding the importance of attributes of transactions, behavioral assumptions of agents and importance of institutional environment in the coordination and governance between economic agents. We surveyed, in Bonito city, tourism agencies; tourist attractions; tour guides; and representatives of local and regional institutional environment. We noted, from the results collected with interviews and content analysis, that agents investigated establish hybrid forms of governance, with an explicit contract (the named 'Single Voucher'), and tacit agreements grounded on trust and closeness of agents, that ensure the eficience and all dynamics of the tourism system under analysis. It is suggested that other tourism systems, based in the case of Bonito city, could also establish mechanisms for planning and coordination of their respective tourism activities, contributing to the expansion of the efficiency and sustainability of this important socioeconomic activity. KEYWORDS: Tourism System; Transaction Cost Economics (TCE); Governance Structures; Coordination.

scholarly journals Firms' Choice of Regulatory Instruments to Reduce Pollution: A Transaction Cost Approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magali Delmas ◽  
Alfred Marcus
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Negotiated Agreements ◽  
Regulatory Instruments ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
And Control

This paper compares the economic efficiency of firm-agency governance structures for pollution reduction using transaction costs economics. Two governance structures are analyzed with the transaction costs approach: command and control regulation (CCR) and negotiated agreements (NAs). We propose that the choice of governance structure depends on the strategies firms pursue given the attributes of their transactions and their market opportunities. The application of transaction cost economics analysis leads to different choices of regulatory instruments. Firms in more mature, stable industries are likely to choose command and control, while firms in new, dynamic sectors are more likely to opt for negotiated agreements. Frequency of transactions is a key factor in firm choice.

scholarly journals EFFICIENCY OF COLLECTIVE ACTIONS OF BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS IN THE MIDWEST OF BRAZIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-63
Author(s):  
Roberta Luiza Gomes Maia ◽  
Silvia Morales de Queiroz Caleman
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Collective Goods ◽  
Midwest Region ◽  
Productive Systems ◽  
Interest Organizations

Contrary to common-sense beliefs that beef cattle producers have difficulties in cooperating among themselves, cooperation initiatives can be noticed in Brazil, especially in the Midwest region. Built on a theoretical framework of Collective Actions and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), this work analyzes the horizontal cooperation pattern of beef cattle producers in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). We focused on Private Interest Organizations (PIOs) with the purpose of identifying typologies and analyzing beef collective actions efficiency. Case studies with seven PIOs conducted through semi-structured interviews exhibits the efficiency of these organizations regarding the ability to provide collective goods, which vary according to their organizational aspects and typology. Results points out that PIOs were founded to contribute in technology and professionalization, increasing competitiveness and access to new markets, coordinating productive systems, reducing transaction costs among agents, modifying the institutional environment, and, finally, altering the behavior of bovine meat consumers.

scholarly journals Traceability and vertical co-ordination in the Italian dairy chain: A transaction cost approach

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Banterle ◽  
S. Stranieri ◽  
L. Baldi
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Asset Specificity ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Economic Relationships ◽  
Traceability System ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Factor And Cluster Analysis ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the introduction of a voluntary traceability system affects the organisation of economic relationships throughout the Italian dairy chain. Using the theoretical framework of transaction cost economics, we assess whether traceability increases the degree of vertical co-ordination and changes the level of the transaction key features, i.e. degree of asset specificity, uncertainty and frequency of transactions. A survey was conducted by questionnaire to assess changes in vertical relations, and to underline the different organisational solutions of dairy firms we carried out factor and cluster analysis. The results show increased bilateral dependency among the economic agents as a consequence of the rise in human, physical and site assets. At the same time, growth in the frequency and quantity of information exchanged is observed. Moreover, for medium-sized firms economic incentives play an important role in guaranteeing the safeguarding of transactions, whereas big firms adopt contractual supports.

New Institutional Economics

2020 ◽  
pp. 102-124
Author(s):  
Barak Richman
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Real World ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Production Functions ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Intellectual Traditions ◽  
Micro Level

This chapter assesses New Institutional Economics (NIE). It begins by describing the author’s own understanding of the New Private Law (NPL). The chapter then provides a brief introduction to NIE and its intersection with the study of legal doctrines and institutions. NIE’s roots extend—at least—to Ronald Coase’s famous 1937 article, “The Nature of the Firm,” and more likely to the writings of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century political economists. These intellectual traditions have shaped what is now known as NIE into two distinct branches. The first branch examines institutions as “humanly designed constraints that structure political, social, and economic interactions.” The second branch of NIE focuses on more micro-level behavior. Called “the governance branch” and operationalized by transaction cost economics, the foundational idea is to describe firms not in neoclassical terms as production functions, but in organizational terms as governance structures. The chapter explains how both NPL and NIE exhibit the hallmarks of interdisciplinary, scholarly pluralism, and an inquisitive focus on real-world, tractable problems. It concludes with some thoughts about the future of NPL and, in particular, the lessons it can take from NIE’s successes.

scholarly journals Governance structures in cooperative slaughterhouses: a study on the chain of differentiated beef in the state of Paraná

2022 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaiane Aparecida Pereira ◽  
Amanda Ferreira Guimarães ◽  
Rejane Heloise dos Santos ◽  
Sandra Mara de Alencar Schiavi ◽  
José Paulo de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Value Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Asset Specificity ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Second Moment ◽  
Subjective Measurements ◽  
Market Uncertainties

Abstract: This study sought to discuss the governance structures adopted between livestock producers and their cooperative slaughterhouses in the chain of differentiated beef in the state of Paraná. The theoretical basis used was the Transaction Cost Economics and Measurement Costs Economics, complemented by the specificities of cooperatives. We conducted interviews with three key agents and eleven representatives of six cooperative slaughterhouses operating in this system. As result, we observed that the cooperatives have similar objectives and requirements, although there are differences in the levels of formality or flexibility. Although transactions are recurrent and have been successful, they involve a high asset specificity, depend on subjective measurements, and are still exposed to market uncertainties, which leaves room for the generation of conflicts and disincentives to quality. Despite this, the relational and reputational aspects associated with trust and partnership between the parties are elements that enable reduced transaction and measurement costs in these structures. At first, the measurements conducted by the cooperatives had an important role in the construction of trust between the parties and for value distribution. In a second moment, the trust built enabled the reduction of measurement costs.

scholarly journals O potencial de desenvolvimeno turístico em Corguinho, MS

Terr Plural ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Matheus Guimarães Lima ◽  
Jean Farhat de Araújo da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Tourism is a rapidly expanding activity, so places with potential for tourism development, previously outside the tourism market, have been inserted in contemporary tourist routes. Brazil, being a country of continental dimension, has different tourist attractions in different regions. As for the states with great tourist potential, we highlight Mato Grosso do Sul, although many places in it are almost unknown and little-publicized. Thus, we present here an analysis of Corguinho which has outstanding ecotourism potential, but also could attract tourists in other modalities as scientific and mystical tourism. In this text, we seek to present alternatives that can trigger an eventual tourism development process in the municipality following a model of sustainable economic and social development in line with the local environmental preservation.

scholarly journals Applicability of Transaction Cost Economics to Understanding Organizational Structures in Solidarity-Based Food Systems in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Carlson ◽  
Vera Bitsch
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
And Function

In response to consumer concerns about sustainability of food production and distribution systems, and the difficulties many agricultural producers face to self-sustain while providing the quality of products consumers desire, alternatives to market-based exchange are developing. Solidarity-based food systems (SFS) based on relationships of mutual trust, dependency and support between consumers and producers are an example. SFS are designed to insulate producers from market pressures and alleviate consumers’ mistrust in market-based mechanisms. A network of SFS has formed in Germany under the name Solidarische Landwirtschaft (Solawi). Theories based on economic principles that help explain the way alternatives to market-based transactions in agriculture are organized are still lacking. The article suggests Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) as helpful to gain a better understanding of how these organizations form and function. The governance structures Solawis create are considered hybrid organizations according to TCE. Qualitative research methods are used to generate detailed accounts of the governance structures of four Solawis and the reasons behind the decisions of individual actors to participate. Effectiveness of TCE in evaluating these structures is analyzed. Based on the results, the concept of transaction benefits is suggested as a potential augmentation of TCE to improve its applicability to SFS.

scholarly journals Vertical Governance between Airlines and Airports - A Transaction Cost Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Fuhr ◽  
Thorsten Beckers
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Qualitative Case Studies ◽  
Comparative Efficiency ◽  
External Regulation ◽  
Supply Relationship ◽  
Governance Modes

With airport privatization and infrastructure expansion projects taking place in the liberalized European air transport market, airport and airline companies are critically reevaluating their vertical governance structures. This paper analyzes the comparative efficiency of vertical governance structures in the airport-airline supply relationship. Using transaction cost economics as the lens of analysis, we develop propositions and present supporting qualitative case studies. Our propositions state that hub airlines and hub airports seek specialized governance structures, while value-based carriers and base airports enter into long-term contracts supported by complementary safeguards. These privately crafted governance modes complement or even replace external regulation.

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