Coordenação e Coesão em Grupos de Comercialização de Etanol da Região Centro-Sul do Brasil

Dalton Siqueira Pitta Marques and Luiz Fernando de Oriani e Paulillo

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (RESR), 2012, vol. 50, issue 4

Abstract: One of the major consequences of the deregulation period in the sugar and ethanol industry was the creation of ethanol trading groups. Ethanol producers adopted this strategy to defend themselves against the market power of fuel distributors, which, at that time, imposed very unfavorable price conditions to the production segment. However, coordination problems have always been a characteristic of this industry, which raise doubts about the success of the trading groups to coordinate sales and maintain group cohesion. Based on this point, this paper aims to examine the coordination and cohesion of ethanol trading groups. For this purpose, a multiple case study was conducted, with three of the four trading groups operating in the Central-Southern region in Brazil. The conclusion was that although there are coordination problems, groups, each of them with their characteristics, are successful and allow to balance the power game between manufacturers and distributors.

Keywords: Production; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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