Strategic Alliances
» Strategic Alliances, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2004
Let’s talk about long-term formal and informal cooperative agreements with other businesses.
1E1. How many of them are only with businesses smaller or equal in size to yours?
| Response | Small manufacturers with distribution agreement(s) | All small, employing manufacturers/Small manufacturers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | 50 | 90 | |
| 2 | One | 18 | 4 | |
| 3 | Two or more | 30 | 6 | |
| 4 | DK/Refuse | 2 | 0 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 100 | ||
| N | 125 | 610 | ||
Notes: Fifty (50) percent of small manufacturers with a distribution agreement(s) have none with a business that is smaller or of equal size (Q#1E1). Ninety (90) percent of small manufacturers have no distribution agreement(s) with a business(s) that is smaller or of equal size (Q#1E1).
