Efficiency of Brazilian food and beverage industry post productive restructuring

Authors

  • Dênis Cunha Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Marlon Salazar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v39i1.28693

Keywords:

Brazilian Food and Beverage Industry, Efficiency, DEA, Tobit

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the technical efficiency of the Brazilian food and beverage industry post productive restructuring, under the hypothesis that foreign firms would be more efficient than the Brazilian ones. The analytical framework for efficiency was Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Tobit model. DEA only measures the “relative” technical efficiency; that is to say that there is evidence of huge variance in technical efficiency, but we cannot conclude that the absolute level of efficiency is low. It was observed that the companies with high efficiency levels were those with the highest volume of sales. Thus, efficiency was not determined only by the nationality of the firms, since the possibility of the accomplishment of profitable businesses, mainly in association with great retail networks, could be indicated as a determinant for greater efficiency. As for the determinants of efficiency, it was observed that a proper financial administration, characterized by a good use of investments within these companies, was the main factor responsible for an improvement in performance.

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Published

2013-05-15

How to Cite

Cunha, D., & Salazar, M. (2013). Efficiency of Brazilian food and beverage industry post productive restructuring. Revista De Economia, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v39i1.28693

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2013)

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Artigos

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