Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study
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Data de Publicação: | 2018 |
Tipo de documento: | Dissertação |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25321 |
Resumo: | This dissertation is a case study on a Portuguese example on how sustainability practices enhances the competitiveness of the firm. The case is kept anonymous, but it deals with a fruit producing company in the South of Portugal that exports almost all of its production to Northern European countries. We aim to research the extent of sustainability in agriculture and its relationship with the competitive advantage. Therefore, through a qualitative approach, a semi structured interview was conducted with the CEO of an agriculture company. Moreover, a standardized Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) questionnaire was answered to access the company level of compliance with sustainability practices. The gathered data, has shown that even though there is an agreement with the definition followed in the literature review, there is an appropriation to suit the company interests. Furthermore, the questionnaire revealed that the company in this case study presents a high level of sustainability. Regarding, the competitive advantage, it was discovered that a differentiation strategy based on the resource based view is the one that best leverages practices into a superior performance. In the last years the topic sustainability has become a tendency, however there was a lack of research in the connection with competitive advantage. This dissertation provides a different point of view about sustainability connecting both concepts, based on the evaluation of a Portuguese agriculture company. |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case studyAgricultureSustainabilityCompetitiveness and competitive advantageAgriculturaSustentabilidadeCompetitividade e vantagem competitivaDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoThis dissertation is a case study on a Portuguese example on how sustainability practices enhances the competitiveness of the firm. The case is kept anonymous, but it deals with a fruit producing company in the South of Portugal that exports almost all of its production to Northern European countries. We aim to research the extent of sustainability in agriculture and its relationship with the competitive advantage. Therefore, through a qualitative approach, a semi structured interview was conducted with the CEO of an agriculture company. Moreover, a standardized Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) questionnaire was answered to access the company level of compliance with sustainability practices. The gathered data, has shown that even though there is an agreement with the definition followed in the literature review, there is an appropriation to suit the company interests. Furthermore, the questionnaire revealed that the company in this case study presents a high level of sustainability. Regarding, the competitive advantage, it was discovered that a differentiation strategy based on the resource based view is the one that best leverages practices into a superior performance. In the last years the topic sustainability has become a tendency, however there was a lack of research in the connection with competitive advantage. This dissertation provides a different point of view about sustainability connecting both concepts, based on the evaluation of a Portuguese agriculture company.Esta dissertação é um estudo de caso sobre uma empresa Portuguesa e aborda o seguinte tema: como é que as práticas de sustentabilidade melhoram a competitividade de uma empresa. O caso é anónimo, mas considera uma produtora de frutos, a sul de Portugal que exporta praticamente toda a sua produção para os países a norte da Europa. O nosso objetivo com esta dissertação é estudar o nível de sustentabilidade na agricultura, bem como a relação com uma vantagem competitiva Desta forma e através de uma análise qualitativa, foi feita uma entrevista semiestruturada a um diretor geral de uma empresa do setor agrícola. Para além disso, foi elaborado um questionário que permite analisar os níveis de conformidade entre a empresa e as suas práticas sustentáveis. Através dos métodos descritos, foi possível demonstrar que apesar de haver concordância entre a definição de sustentabilidade da revisão de literatura, existe também uma apropriação da definição de modo a favorecer os interesses da empresa. Com a análise do questionário foi possível constatar que a empresa em estudo tem elevados níveis de sustentabilidade. Quanto à vantagem competitiva, foi concluído que uma estratégia de diferenciação baseada na Resource Based View é a melhor forma transformar as práticas sustentáveis num desempenho superior. Nos últimos anos o valor dado à temática da sustentabilidade tem vindo a aumentar, no entanto ainda existe pouca informação quanto à sua relação com uma vantagem competitiva. Esta dissertação permite ao leitor ter um ponto de vista diferente quanto à sustentabilidade, baseado numa perspetiva empresarial.Reis, Ricardo César Ribeiro Ventura FerreiraVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaLongo, Bruno Miguel da Costa2018-07-30T12:41:38Z2018-03-1220182018-03-12T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25321TID:201887630enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:30:42Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/25321Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:20:10.925715Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study Longo, Bruno Miguel da Costa Agriculture Sustainability Competitiveness and competitive advantage Agricultura Sustentabilidade Competitividade e vantagem competitiva Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Agriculture : can sustainability practices enhance firm competitiveness? : a case study |
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Longo, Bruno Miguel da Costa |
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Longo, Bruno Miguel da Costa |
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Reis, Ricardo César Ribeiro Ventura Ferreira Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Longo, Bruno Miguel da Costa |
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Agriculture Sustainability Competitiveness and competitive advantage Agricultura Sustentabilidade Competitividade e vantagem competitiva Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Agriculture Sustainability Competitiveness and competitive advantage Agricultura Sustentabilidade Competitividade e vantagem competitiva Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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This dissertation is a case study on a Portuguese example on how sustainability practices enhances the competitiveness of the firm. The case is kept anonymous, but it deals with a fruit producing company in the South of Portugal that exports almost all of its production to Northern European countries. We aim to research the extent of sustainability in agriculture and its relationship with the competitive advantage. Therefore, through a qualitative approach, a semi structured interview was conducted with the CEO of an agriculture company. Moreover, a standardized Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) questionnaire was answered to access the company level of compliance with sustainability practices. The gathered data, has shown that even though there is an agreement with the definition followed in the literature review, there is an appropriation to suit the company interests. Furthermore, the questionnaire revealed that the company in this case study presents a high level of sustainability. Regarding, the competitive advantage, it was discovered that a differentiation strategy based on the resource based view is the one that best leverages practices into a superior performance. In the last years the topic sustainability has become a tendency, however there was a lack of research in the connection with competitive advantage. This dissertation provides a different point of view about sustainability connecting both concepts, based on the evaluation of a Portuguese agriculture company. |
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