Strategic Alliances
» Strategic Alliances, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2004
Let’s talk about long-term formal and informal cooperative agreements with other businesses.
1I1. How many of them are only with businesses smaller or equal in size to yours?
| Response | Small manufacturers with purchaser-supplier agreement(s) | All small, employing manufacturers/Small manufacturers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | 69 | 93 | |
| 2 | One | 11 | 2 | |
| 3 | Two or more | 19 | 4 | |
| 4 | DK/Refuse | 1 | 0 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 99 | ||
| N | 145 | 610 | ||
Notes: Sixty-nine (69) percent of small manufacturers with a purchaser-supplier agreement(s) have none with a business that is smaller or of equal size (Q#1I1). Ninety-three (93) percent of small manufacturers have no purchase-supplier agreement(s) with a business(s) that is equal or smaller in size (Q#1I1).
