Strategic Alliances
» Strategic Alliances, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2004
Let’s talk about long-term formal and informal cooperative agreements with other businesses.
1J1. How many of them are only with businesses smaller or equal in size to yours?
| Response | Small manufacturers with outside contractor agreement(s) > 1 year | All small, employing manufacturers/Small manufacturers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | 47 | 89 | |
| 2 | One | 18 | 4 | |
| 3 | Two or more | 32 | 7 | |
| 4 | DK/Refuse | 3 | 1 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 101 | ||
| N | 151 | 610 | ||
Notes: Forty-seven (47) percent of small manufacturers with an outside contractor agreement(s) lasting more than one year have none with a business(s) that is smaller or equal in size (Q#1J1). Eighty-nine (89) percent of small manufacturers have no outside contractor agreements lasting more than one year with a business(s) that is smaller or equal in size (Q#1J1).
