Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emeraldsrm:374558 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to focus on technology capability and develops a model for measuring it applied agrifood industry companies. Design/methodology/approach -Using a combination of literature review, observation research (expert interviews), AHP multicriteria analysis method and case study research, the paper develops an index model. The proposed model was applied to the case of dairy agribusiness complex in Brazil (180 rural units, five fluid milk processing companies and six cheese factories).Findings -The index model developed includes five macroindexes: resources; technology upgrading; processes and routines; learning mechanisms; and coordination and accessibility. Results show that the model was able to identify the different technology capabilities of the companies studied and generated important information to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities for these companies. Originality/value -The study contributes to understanding of a technological capability in the agribusiness system companies and how it can measure this capability in an integrated and synthetic model. Literature shows any models but no record of an integrated measurement system composed of a multi-attribute applied to assess the agribusiness system companies.
O objetivo deste estudo de cinco anos foi avaliar o desempenho de cinco sistemas de produção: sistema I (trigo/soja, ervilhaca/milho e aveia branca/soja); sistema II (trigo/soja, pastagem de aveia preta + ervilhaca/milho e aveia branca/soja); sistema III [pastagem perene de estação fria (festuca + trevo branco + trevo vermelho + cornichão)]; sistema IV [pastagem perene de estação quente (pensacola + aveia preta + azevém + trevo branco + trevo vermelho + cornichão)]; e sistema V (alfafa para feno). As parcelas dos sistemas III, IV e V, retornaram para o sistema I, a partir do verão de 1996. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições. Foram aplicados à receita líquida quatro tipos de análise nos sistemas de produção: análise da receita líquida, da média variância, da distribuição de probabilidade acumulada e da dominância estocástica. Pela análise da receita líquida e da média variância, não houve diferença significativa entre os sistemas estudados. O sistema IV mostrou-se a melhor alternativa de produção, levando-se em conta lucratividade e menor risco, pela análise da dominância estocástica.
Most of technological innovations in agro-food systems are created by "supporting industries", the group where packaging industries are inserted. This article presents the packaging innovations used in food industries, particularly, the active packaging. This paper deals with an adoption case of a degassing one-way valve, describing this innovation and its impacts in two coffee companies. This study can be classified as a documental, qualitative-descriptive and empirical research, using indirect documentation technique and case study analysis. According to this case, the valve made possible the diversification of the company product line and product quality improvement. There were no complications involving an additional cost to the customers. However, it has been observed that this additional cost from technology adoption makes difficult the diffusion of this valve in other similar products.
ResumoA capacidade tecnológica é um importante fator na determinação da eficiência e da eficácia dos processos produtivos e no grau de inovatividade das empresas. Sua mensuração pode auxiliar as empresas a avaliarem sua capacidade de absorver, usar, adaptar, gerar, desenvolver, transferir e difundir tecnologias. Este trabalho desenvolve um modelo de mensuração de capacidade tecnológica e aplica-o em empresas do complexo agroindustrial tritícola (unidades agrícolas, moinhos e pastifícios). O modelo desenvolvido está apoiado no cálculo de cinco macroíndices: (i) recursos; (ii) atualização tecnológica; (iii) processos e rotinas; (iv) mecanismos de aprendizagem; e (v) articulação e acessibilidade. O índice consiste em uma somatória ponderada de variáveis quantitativas e qualitativas, utilizando o método de análise multicritério AHP para a definição dos pesos. A análise matriz importância x desempenho e "gráficos aranha" são utilizados para representar e avaliar os resultados alcançados. O modelo proposto foi aplicado a 20 unidades rurais, 5 moinhos e 3 pastifícios. Palavras-chaveAgroindústria. Gestão da tecnologia. Índice de capacidade.
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