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Characteristics of Business Markets
-Fewer but larger buyers
-geographically concentrated
-buyer demand derived from final consumer demand
-demand is inelastic but fluctuates more
-more complex buying decisions
-more formalized process
Advantages of E-Procurement
-access to new suppliers
-lower costs
-speed order processing/delivery
-shares information
-service/support
Disadvantages of E-Procurement
-erode relationships as buyers search for new suppliers
-security
Influences of Buying Process for Businesses
1. Individual (age, education, job position, personality, risk attitudes)
2. Interpersonal (authority, status, empathy, persuasiveness)
3. Organizational (objectives, policies, procedures, organizational structures, systems)
4. Environmental (economic, supply conditions, tech change, political/regulatory developments, competitive developments, cultures/customs)
Institutional Markets
hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons that provide goods/services to people in their care
Characteristics of Institutional Markets
Low budget, captive audience
Government Markets
favor domestic suppliers and require suppliers to submit bids and normally award to the lowest bidder
Characteristics of Government Markets
Carefully monitored, affected by similar environmental factors, good credit, non-economical factors, minority suppliers, depressed suppliers, small businesses
Buying Center
Users
Influencers
Buyers
Deciders
Gatekeepers
Systems Selling
packaged solution from single seller
Supplier Development
development of networks of supplier-partners