Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization

Autores
Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel; Velazco, Santiago José Elías; Botta, Guido Fernando; Schlichter, Tomás Miguel; Cubbage, Frederick
Año de publicación
2019
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Forest plantations have increased in South America for several decades. Harvesting is performed mainly through contractor companies. Our hypothesis is that logging contractors that innovate, grow more than others. We analyzed logging contractors through production and innovation, working in Argentina (22), Brazil (35) and Uruguay (10), through surveys between 2008 and 2012. Factors that affected firm growth were analyzed with linear mixed effect models. In all three countries there was a preponderance of logging contractors with cellulose companies. Our results show that logging firms that had mutualistic supply chain relations with the contracting organizations had better production indicators and lower cost per ton than other independent harvesting contractors. In the last 10 years, mechanization increased significantly, reducing the number of employees. Innovation was the most significant variable in enhanced logging production. For the period from 10 to 5 years before the survey period, the number of employees and type of contracting company were most significant on loggers' growth. During the last 5-year period before the survey period, the number of employees and innovation were significant. Thus, during the last 10 years, logging companies shifted from growth based on type of the firm to the amount of innovation by firms, and contracting companies.
Fil: Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; Argentina
Fil: Velazco, Santiago José Elías. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina
Fil: Botta, Guido Fernando. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina
Fil: Schlichter, Tomás Miguel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina
Fil: Cubbage, Frederick. North Carolina State University; Estados Unidos
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FOREST PRODUCTION
MECHANIZATION
ENTREPRENEUR
COMPTETITIVENESS
INNOVATION
SOUTH AMERICA
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
title Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
spellingShingle Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel
FOREST PRODUCTION
MECHANIZATION
ENTREPRENEUR
COMPTETITIVENESS
INNOVATION
SOUTH AMERICA
title_short Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
title_full Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
title_fullStr Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
title_full_unstemmed Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
title_sort Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: an analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel
Velazco, Santiago José Elías
Botta, Guido Fernando
Schlichter, Tomás Miguel
Cubbage, Frederick
author Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel
author_facet Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel
Velazco, Santiago José Elías
Botta, Guido Fernando
Schlichter, Tomás Miguel
Cubbage, Frederick
author_role author
author2 Velazco, Santiago José Elías
Botta, Guido Fernando
Schlichter, Tomás Miguel
Cubbage, Frederick
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv FOREST PRODUCTION
MECHANIZATION
ENTREPRENEUR
COMPTETITIVENESS
INNOVATION
SOUTH AMERICA
topic FOREST PRODUCTION
MECHANIZATION
ENTREPRENEUR
COMPTETITIVENESS
INNOVATION
SOUTH AMERICA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Forest plantations have increased in South America for several decades. Harvesting is performed mainly through contractor companies. Our hypothesis is that logging contractors that innovate, grow more than others. We analyzed logging contractors through production and innovation, working in Argentina (22), Brazil (35) and Uruguay (10), through surveys between 2008 and 2012. Factors that affected firm growth were analyzed with linear mixed effect models. In all three countries there was a preponderance of logging contractors with cellulose companies. Our results show that logging firms that had mutualistic supply chain relations with the contracting organizations had better production indicators and lower cost per ton than other independent harvesting contractors. In the last 10 years, mechanization increased significantly, reducing the number of employees. Innovation was the most significant variable in enhanced logging production. For the period from 10 to 5 years before the survey period, the number of employees and type of contracting company were most significant on loggers' growth. During the last 5-year period before the survey period, the number of employees and innovation were significant. Thus, during the last 10 years, logging companies shifted from growth based on type of the firm to the amount of innovation by firms, and contracting companies.
Fil: Mac Donagh, Patricio Miguel. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; Argentina
Fil: Velazco, Santiago José Elías. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú | Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Instituto de Biología Subtropical. Instituto de Biología Subtropical - Nodo Puerto Iguazú; Argentina
Fil: Botta, Guido Fernando. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina
Fil: Schlichter, Tomás Miguel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina
Fil: Cubbage, Frederick. North Carolina State University; Estados Unidos
description Forest plantations have increased in South America for several decades. Harvesting is performed mainly through contractor companies. Our hypothesis is that logging contractors that innovate, grow more than others. We analyzed logging contractors through production and innovation, working in Argentina (22), Brazil (35) and Uruguay (10), through surveys between 2008 and 2012. Factors that affected firm growth were analyzed with linear mixed effect models. In all three countries there was a preponderance of logging contractors with cellulose companies. Our results show that logging firms that had mutualistic supply chain relations with the contracting organizations had better production indicators and lower cost per ton than other independent harvesting contractors. In the last 10 years, mechanization increased significantly, reducing the number of employees. Innovation was the most significant variable in enhanced logging production. For the period from 10 to 5 years before the survey period, the number of employees and type of contracting company were most significant on loggers' growth. During the last 5-year period before the survey period, the number of employees and innovation were significant. Thus, during the last 10 years, logging companies shifted from growth based on type of the firm to the amount of innovation by firms, and contracting companies.
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