Q9. How important was each of the following as a reason why your firm belongs to an affiliation?:
a. Become more competitive with larger firms

Very great importance
(percent)
Great importance
(percent)
Moderate importance
(percent)
Some importance
(percent)
Little or no importance
(percent)
Don't know (percent)
Number of respondents
24.0 36.0 16.0 18.7 5.3 0.0 75