INTERORGANIZATIONAL COST MANAGEMENT: APPLICABILITY ANALYSIS IN A CHAIN OF LARGE SUPERMARKETS

The main objective of this study is to examine the factors that inhibit or encourage the applicability of Interorganizational Cost Management (IOCM) in a chain of large supermarkets. The company was visited and structured questionnaires were applied to forty-six supermarkets, soliciting response fro...

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Autores: Farias, Rafael Araújo Sousa, Gasparetto, Valdirene, Lunkes, Rogério João, Schnorrenberger, Darci
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:ConTexto
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/59728
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/ConTexto/article/view/59728
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Interorganizational cost management. Influential factors. Strategic cost management.
Gestão de custos interorganizacionais
Fatores condicionantes
Gestão estratégica de custos
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Sumario:The main objective of this study is to examine the factors that inhibit or encourage the applicability of Interorganizational Cost Management (IOCM) in a chain of large supermarkets. The company was visited and structured questionnaires were applied to forty-six supermarkets, soliciting response from employees working in sales, from which the 28 respondents went on to comprise the study sample. Upon analyzing the factors Products, Relationship Levels, Types of Networks and Mechanisms, it was shown that Relationship Levels encourage the applicability of IOCM, while Types of Networks was shown to be neutral in terms of the same. The factors Product and Mechanisms were found to inhibit the applicability of IOCM in the organization, with a lack of trust in suppliers, hesitance to enter into opportunistic partnerships and market dynamics indicated, by the supermarket chain, as factors that preclude closer relationships with its suppliers. The successful application of cost management approaches depends on the ambience in which the company operates, therefore, companies must understand the market and analyze which factors favor and which disfavor their use.