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B4B (Business-for-Business) is a management concept and an intercompany collaboration model based on the idea that building mutually beneficial partnerships is a critical element of sustainable business growth and development. Organizations that follow B4B principles view long-term cooperation with business partners as one of the key factors in strengthening their own competitiveness. Such collaboration typically involves technological and organizational support for partners, resource sharing, financial assistance, joint project execution, integration of business processes, the formation of strategic alliances, and other forms of cooperative engagement. The model is grounded in the “win–win” philosophy, which, in the context of B4B, suggests that synergy among partners contributes to greater operational efficiency and the collective development of all participants in the business network.
History
[edit]The first mentions of the B4B (Business-for-Business) concept in the business literature date back to 2013, when the book B4B: How Technology and Big Data Are Reinventing the Customer-Supplier Relationship was published in the USA.[1](authors: J.B. Wood, T. Hewlin, T. Lah). The book detailed the idea of moving from the traditional, sales-oriented B2B (Business-to-Business) approach to the B4B model, which involves suppliers actively supporting consumers in achieving their desired results.
In 2021, based on the results of research at the Stockholm School of Economics, an analytical paper was published in which the B4B concept was given a broader understanding as a management model applicable outside the technology sector. In 2022, the book by these authors B4B: Business for Business was published. How World's Leading Companies Create a Sustainable Competitive Advantage[2] (authors: Abbasov & Klimov), which presented a generalized analysis of partner engagement strategies used by companies such as Toyota Motors, McKinsey & Company, Procter & Gamble, IKEA, Knauf и Coca-Cola. According to the authors, the principles of B4B are applicable not only in working with clients, but also in relations with suppliers, covering the entire value creation system of the company. The study notes that the implementation of the B4B approach can contribute to the formation of a sustainable competitive advantage, and the concept itself is characterized as an example of successful management innovation. In the same year, the concept of Shifting From B2B to B4B Can Build a More Sustainable Business (authors: Sergio Restrepo and Efosa Ojomo), published in the journal of MIT Sloan Management Review, which contributed to the popularization of the term B4B in the English-speaking academic and business environment.
Basic principles
[edit]The B4B (Business-for-Business) concept is based on the philosophy of mutually beneficial and sustainable partnership between companies. In the context of growing market turbulence and uncertainty (the so-called VUCA-environment) companies are increasingly faced with limitations of their own resources and the need to develop external partnerships to strengthen competitiveness and achieve strategic goals.
According to TSIA's J.B. Wood, "the traditional B2B world was invented to mean selling something to consumers, while the new B4B model involves supporting consumers in achieving their desired results."[1]
In the following years, ideas close to B4B were discussed in the context of business ecosystems (McKinsey & Company), collaborative value creation (Porter, Kramer, HBR 2011), and the Japanese keiretsu model (HBR 2013), where companies support each other over the long term.
See also
[edit]- B2B (Business-to-Business)
- Account manager
- B2B e-commerce
- Business-to-consumer (B2C)
- Business-to-government (B2G)
- Customer to customer (C2C)
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Wood J.B., Hewlin T., Lah T. (2013). B4B: How Technology and Big Data Are Reinventing the Customer-Supplier Relationship. Point B Inc. ISBN 978-0986046209.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Abbasov A., Klimov V. (2022). B4B: Business for Business. How World's Leading Companies Create a Sustainable Competitive Advantage (East-West ed.). ISBN 978-9952-548-92-1.
References
[edit]- Harvard Business Review — The New Improved Keiretsu
- McKinsey & Company — The ecosystem playbook
- Shifting From B2B to B4B Can Build a More Sustainable Business,Restrepo, Sergio ; Ojomo, Efosa
- Should your B2B become a B4B? Llijasic, Dean
- Thomas Lennerfors, Katsuki Aoki The New Improved Keiretsu
- Himmelman Arthur, Collaboration for a Change
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