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Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú

Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management

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Title Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
 
Creator Brito, Eliane Pereira Zamith; FGV-EAESP
Carvalho, Lilian Soares Pereira; FGV-EAESP
 
Subject transaction costs, cluster, footwear industry
 
Description This paper’s objective was to analyze the role of transaction costs in the longevity of Jaú footwear supply chain. Firms are configured in a cluster, and their level of coordination was investigated. The study data was collected via conducting interviews with the cluster’s agents, making direct observations during the field visits, and consulting secondary data emerging both from document analysis and from sources such as newspapers, sectoral studies, and previous academic studies. The data point to the intense frequency of transactions among firms and the low uncertainty of internal transactions within the cluster due to the extensive exchange of information among agents. The bonds of competition and coordination that are established among the firms both reduce transaction costs and make them more competitive. Both human asset specificity and site specificity are important factors in the longevity of Jaú’s footwear cluster.DOI: 10.12660/joscmv7n2p140-153URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/joscmv7n2p140-153
 
Publisher FGV/EAESP
 
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Date 2014-12-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/43768
10.12660/joscmv7n2p140-153
 
Source Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 7, No 2 (2014): July - December; 140-153
Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management; Vol 7, No 2 (2014): July - December; 140-153
1984-3046
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/joscm/article/view/43768/42499
 
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