John Dodge discovers B-to-B marketplaces,

John Dodge discovers B-to-B marketplaces, then goes on to write up three very interesting profiles — a fish marketplace, a steel trading community, and an electronic parts marketplace. At the end, he writes “What’s clear is that the B2B revolution will be driven, for the most part, by the distribution layer and not by the end points in the value chain — customers and the companies that originate the product.”

Business-to-Business on the Web
Embraces Fish, Steel and Circuits
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