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

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 obse...

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Autores: Brito, Eliane Pereira Zamith, Carvalho, Lilian Soares Pereira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:JOSCM. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Idioma:inglés
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title Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
spellingShingle Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
Brito, Eliane Pereira Zamith
transaction costs
cluster
footwear industry
title_short Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
title_full Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
title_fullStr Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
title_full_unstemmed Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
title_sort Supply chain governance in the production systems of business clusters: The case of the footwear industry in Jaú
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brito, Eliane Pereira Zamith
Carvalho, Lilian Soares Pereira
author Brito, Eliane Pereira Zamith
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Carvalho, Lilian Soares Pereira
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cluster
footwear industry
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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
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