You might distinguish between two kinds of B2B - B2B within an existing organization and companies that exist solely as a B2B vendor - a middleman. Middlemen are at risk whenever the economy slows, although they can still turn a tidy profit.
In consulting, which is the sector I work in, B2B projects tend to be much more stable, and much more renumerative, than brochureware or B2C. They're also much more likely to have a logical business plan rather than a pipe-dream; companies can be caught up in the internet hype in the process of bringing their business to the retail consumer, but there's nothing especially glamorous about supply-chain management.
Marco
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