The scramble for a slice of B2B
Everyone from technology firms and retailers to automakers, construction sites and convenience stores is angling to take part in an online marketplace.
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Everyone from technology firms and retailers to automakers, construction sites and convenience stores is angling to take part in an online marketplace. "There have been a lot of B2B announcements, but the hard part is...making the stuff actually work." - Charles Phillips, managing director, Morgan Stanley |
| More companies push into Net marketplaces Ariba, Ford Motor, PSINet and ePlus are among the companies rushing to jump on the business-to-business bandwagon.
AmEx pushes plans for online payment
Oracle, others to launch Web exchange
IBM taps trend with stakes in B2B firms
Regulation of B2B market sparks debate |