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This 18 page paper looks at a fictitious small company and assesses the trading and strategic partnerships it has, or may develop, with larger firms. The example used is an independent farm selling product to a cooperative and to supermarkets. The paper starts by examining at the existing partnership. The paper then considers potential new partnership to increase profit or reduce costs before making recommendations. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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18 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEsmalpart.rtf
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looking at the current and potential ways that a small companied deals with partners the existing and potential benefits can be assessed.
The business we will assess will be a small farm, with we will call Giles Farm with a farm ship shop that sells that are produced goods to local
shops and agricultural goods, including asparagus, strawberries, lettuce and other fresh produce directly to a major supermarket. The farm has a large amount of land and produces organic
goods, which are most costly to produce, but also have a premium in market price. The farm is run by the family ad a freehold, and employs a further 15
staff, with additional temporary staff taken on at peak activity times. 2. Firms Current Partnerships with Large Firms There are three main partnerships with large firms. The first is with
a supplier of seed and farm supplies, the second is with the as a supplier for a major supermarket. The last is with the farm as a supplier , butt
his time it is to a cooperative made up of local farmers that together run an organic box scheme, supplying organic local produce to local buyers. . Each of
these may be seen as placing the firm at a disadvantage due to the nature of the trading relationship and the lower level of power associated with a small business,
each of these are different types of relationship and the power also varied. First we can consider the relationship with the seed supplier. Here they are a customer and
as a single farm they have little power over their supplier, a position with is supported when models such as Porters Five Forces are applied. Giles farm may place a
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