Resource-Based View: an analysis of cooperatives involving family farmers

• Autor(a) principal: Negreti-Campos, Amanda dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Evedove, Antônio César Dall, Lourenzani, Ana Elisa Bressan Smith
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero Americana de Estratégia - RIAE
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uninove.br/riae/article/view/19696
• topic: Farmers; Cooperativism; Strategy.; Agricultores; El cooperativismo; Estrategia.; Agricultores; Cooperativismo; Estratégia.

Purpose: To analyze how the group action, involving the family farmers in cooperatives, contributes to using intern resources of rural companies, sob Resource-Based View (RBV) theory.Methodology: Was held a systematic analysis of articles with case studies of family farmers in Brazilian cooperatives between 2010 and 2020 using descriptive statistics.Originality: The analysis of cooperatives' contribution to using and exchanging resources among farmers insert them and remain competitive in the market.Main results: The collective way, through cooperatives, contributed in some cases with the use and exchange of resources, allowing the family farmers to insert and remain in the competitive market. The results demonstrated reputation resources based on traditions and environmental sustainability production allow competitive advantage. Organizational resources, especially about the farmers' capabilities, created an inter-relationship among productive units and markets, enabling strategies to explore the intern resources and become competitive.  Methodological- theoretical contributions: The discussions concern family agriculture, cooperatives, and intern resources sob RBV perspective to contribute scientifically to demonstrating interdisciplinary of the present research, in front of the lack of studies that gather those themes.Management contributions: The managers of cooperatives and public police managers will recognize the resources that contribute to the competitiveness of family farmers and their difficulties, such as investment in physical and technological infrastructures, as well as financial support.