%0 Journal Article
%T Fatores associados ¨¤ efici¨ºncia t¨¦cnica e de escala das cooperativas agropecu¨¢rias paranaenses
%A Souza
%A Uemerson Rodrigues de
%A Braga
%A Marcelo Jos¨¦
%A Ferreira
%A Marco Aur¨¦lio Marques
%J Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
%R 10.1590/S0103-20032011000300003
%X the present paper analyzes the scale and the technical efficiency of the agricultural cooperatives in the paran¨¢ state, and identifies the factors that are related with their efficiency. the methodology is based on data envelopment analysis (dea), and discriminant analysis. results demonstrate that large agricultural cooperatives are more efficient than the small ones. the main factors that influence the efficiency are own capital (equity) and smaller payment periods. in synthesis, to reach larger levels of competitiveness, the agricultural cooperatives need to develop better defined capitalization practices.
%K efficiency
%K finances
%K agricultural cooperatives.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-20032011000300003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en