%0 Journal Article
%T Networks in Argentine agriculture: a multiple-case study approach Redes en la agricultura argentina: un estudio de caso m¨²ltiple Redes na agricultura argentina: um estudo de caso m¨²ltiplo
%A Sebasti¨¢n Senesi
%A Fabio Ribas Chaddad
%A Hern¨¢n Palau
%J Revista de Administra£¿£¿o (S£¿o Paulo)
%D 2013
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%X Argentina is among the four largest producers of soybeans, sunflower, corn, and wheat, among other agricultural products. Institutional and policy changes during the 1990s fostered the development of Argentine agriculture and the introduction of innovative process and product technologies (no-till, agrochemicals, GMO, GPS) and new investments in modern, large-scale sunflower and soybean processing plants. In addition to technological changes, a "quiet revolution" occurred in the way agricultural production was carried out and organized: from self-production or ownership agriculture to a contract-based agriculture. The objective of this paper is to explore and describe the emergence of networks in the Argentine crop production sector. The paper presents and describes four cases that currently represent about 50% of total grain and oilseed production in Argentina: "informal hybrid form", "agricultural trust fund", "investor-oriented corporate structure", and "network of networks". In all cases, hybrid forms involve a group of actors linked by common objectives, mainly to gain scale, share resources, and improve the profitability of the business. Informal contracts seem to be the most common way of organizing the agriculture process, but using short-term contracts and sequential interfirm collaboration. Networks of networks involve long-term relationships and social development, and reciprocal interfirm collaboration. Agricultural trust fund and investor-oriented corporate structures have combined interfirm collaboration and medium-term relationships. These organizational forms are highly flexible and show a great capacity to adapt to challenges; they are competitive because they enjoy aligned incentives, flexibility, and adaptability. La Argentina est¨¢ entre los cuatro mayores productores mundiales de soja, girasol, ma¨ªz y trigo, entre otros productos agr¨ªcolas. Los cambios institucionales y pol¨ªticos que ocurrieron en la d¨¦cada de 1990 fomentaron el desarrollo de la agricultura argentina y la introducci¨®n de innovaciones de productos y tecnolog¨ªas (siembra directa, mayor uso de agroqu¨ªmicos, cultivos transg¨¦nicos, GPS) y las nuevas inversiones en plantas de crushing en soja y girasol. Adem¨¢s de los cambios tecnol¨®gicos, una revoluci¨®n silenciosa tuvo lugar en la producci¨®n agr¨ªcola: de la agricultura de autoproducci¨®n o propiedad a una agricultura basada en el contrato. El objeto en este trabajo es explorar y describir la aparici¨®n de redes en el sector de producci¨®n agr¨ªcola en Argentina. Se presentan y describen cuatro casos que actualmente representan
%K contratos
%K formas h¨ªbridas
%K red de redes
%K colaboraci¨®n entre empresas
%K relaciones
%K contratos
%K formas hibridas
%K rede de redes
%K colabora  o interfirma
%K rela  es
%K contracts
%K hybrid forms
%K network of networks
%K interfirm collaboration
%K relationships
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