трансакционные издержки

Introduction. In the context of increasing complexity and dynamism of the agri-food system functioning, the use of the transaction cost theory and the search for ways to reduce the cost are one of the most powerful reserves for increasing the agri-food system’s competitiveness and ensuring the country’s food security. Theoretical analysis. Transaction costs are of high importance in the context of the agri-food system’s development, institutional transformation, competitiveness and sustainability.

Introduction. In the heart of the analysis of this article are problems of innovation economy that most clearly characterizes the existence of transaction costs. Over time, the structure of the transaction costs has evolved: in the information economy occupy a significant proportion of the costs of searching for information and costs of measurement in the knowledge economy is gradually gaining weight the costs of negotiating and concluding contracts.

In article the author attempts to introduce into scientific new analytical parameter – parameter transaction intensity economy. Proved the author’s approach to the calculation of the «dirty» and «clean» transaction costs, other than the value of intermediate consumption of transaction costs. Conducted an empirical validation study results, which resulted in the distribution of polygons drawn transaction intensity in 2010 to more than 65 thousand companies in Russia.

The article reveals the sources of the relationship of trust within the organization and the results of the survey of agricultural enterprises specialists, which influence of the institute of trust in their economic behavior and competitiveness. The necessity of the contract and the contractual relationship as a legal form of the institute of trust and the effect of trust on the level of transaction costs are analyzed.