Abstract

OLIVERA, Gabriela. Cooperative Culture and Business Management in the Dairy Region of Córdoba and Santa Fe: Argentina, from the End of the 19th Century to 1970. Am. Lat. Hist. Econ [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.1, pp.199-232. ISSN 2007-3496.

This article presents the results and findings of an investigation based on primary sources. It reappraises the knowledge of temporally and spatially-situated historical processes. It seeks to explain the transformations that took place in the Argentine dairy region of Córdoba-Santa Fe at times when there was an intensification of agro-industrial activity under the leadership of the cooperative company Sancor (Sancor Butter Factory Cooperative Limited). This company promoted a model that consisted in incorporating advanced technologies. In the deployment of its organizational capabilities, there were certain underlying cooperativism related cultural values.

Keywords : cooperatives; dairy agribusiness; dairy region.