Os contratos de integração como forma de manutenção da atividade econômica entre produtores avícolas de Bonito-PE e integradoras: uma aplicação da economia dos custos de transação

Abstract

This work aims to identify and analyze mitigating contractual practices of transaction costs, established between integrators and poultry producers of Pretty-PE municipality. The theoretical framework addresses the New Institutional Economics (NIE), specifically the Economy of Transaction Costs (ECT). The basic premise is that the contracts are "via incomplete rule." The methodology was predominantly qualitative, and used descriptive statistics and content analysis method in the treatment of the data collected through the application of two semi-structured questionnaires to the fourteenth poultry integrated the city and the four integrators with which they transact. As a result it was found the existence of formal contracts (written) and informal (verbal agreements), with neoclassical features, long-term arrangements and the original contract serving as a base. It was found that general clauses and operationalized through flexibility aspects and coordination achieved by integrating through hybrid governance structures. the specificities of the temporal assets were identified, physical capital, locational, dedicated assets and human capital, but more explicitly in the contracts, only the specifics of physical capital and human capital. Although verifying is totally reusable assets, with intermediate levels of specificity and highly specific assets, generally the frequency of transactions is due to recurring weekly monitoring. Thus, by analyzing the contracts, part of the institutional environment, if found-minimizing aspects of transaction costs.