Strategic Alliances
» Strategic Alliances, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2004
Let’s talk about long-term formal and informal cooperative agreements with other businesses.
1F1. How many of them are only with businesses smaller or equal in size to yours?
| Response | Small manufacturers with production agreement(s) | All small employing businesses/Small employers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | 51 | 88 | |
| 2 | One | 22 | 5 | |
| 3 | Two or more | 27 | 7 | |
| 4 | DK/Refuse | 1 | 0 | |
| Total (%) | 101 | 100 | ||
| N | 144 | 610 | ||
Notes: Fifty-one (51) percent of small manufacturers with a production agreement(s) have none with a business(s) that is smaller or equal in size (Q#1F1). Eighty-eight (88) percent of small manufacturers have no production agreement(s) with a business(s) that is smaller or of equal size (Q#1F1).
