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Determinants of investment decisions in dairy farms. An approach using the governance theory
[Déterminants des décisions d’investissement dans les exploitations laitières. Une approche par la théorie de la gouvernance élargie]

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  • Fanny Lepage

    (ULaval - Université Laval [Québec])

  • Jean-Pierre Couderc

    (Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier)

  • Jean-Philippe Perrier

    (ULaval - Université Laval [Québec])

Abstract

This article proposes a theoretical renewal by mobilizing the governance theories to investigate the decision-making process of farmers. Although these theories are used since several years in researches of large-scale enterprises, its presence agricultural studies can be considered as a theoretical innovation. This paper has as objective to propose a framework of analysis of governance suitable for farms and then to identify actors, mechanisms and levers of action constituting the systems of governance of the French dairy farms. The results show that the management of these farms, as in large-scale enterprises, evolves in a system where actors establish mechanisms whose goal is i) to discipline manager, ii) to increase the skills of the manager, or iii) to facilitate the operation of the business. This game of actors delineating the decision-making latitude within which the leader made his strategic choice.

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  • Fanny Lepage & Jean-Pierre Couderc & Jean-Philippe Perrier, 2014. "Determinants of investment decisions in dairy farms. An approach using the governance theory [Déterminants des décisions d’investissement dans les exploitations laitières. Une approche par la théor," Post-Print hal-02630931, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02630931
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