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B2B Defined
The management process responsible for the facilitation of exchange between producers of goods and services and their organisational customers.
B2B marketing and purchasing is a complex and risky business involving a number of different parties.
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B2B customers
Commercial enterprises - profit making organisations that produce and/or resell goods and services for a profit. Can be subdivided into users, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), resellers. Government bodies. Institutions - largely non-profit making organisations, e.g. universities, churches, etc.
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Source: Adapted from Hahn (1986) and Ramsey and Wilson (1990). Reprinted by permission of MCB University Press Ltd.
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Source: Adapted from Johanson (1982), copyright 1982 John Wiley & Sons Limited. Reporoduced with permission.
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Source: Adapted from Johanson (1982), copyright 1982 John Wiley & Sons Limited. Reproduced with permission.
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