Management of cooperative organizations: The problem of portfolio in agricultural cooperatives in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
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Agribusiness. Rural Economy. Agricultural cooperativism. Strategies in cooperativesAbstract
This paper aimed to analyze the portfolio problem and to identify the strategies employed by the agricultural cooperatives in the state Rio Grande do Sul (RS), to minimize this problem due to the diffuse property rights. The tool for data collection consisted of a semi-structured interviews and it were sampled 10% of agricultural cooperatives from RS, stratified based on the size and productive activity. The portfolio problem presented higher incidence in the cooperatives that process or transform the raw material. In order to reduce the portfolio problem, different strategies were identified in the analyzed cooperatives, including: the choice of investment projects based on the market, the technical evaluation of projects and investments, the option for no growth of the cooperative, the composition of administration council to prevent the lateral portfolio problems.Downloads
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