The document defines business markets and how they differ from consumer markets. It identifies major factors that influence business buyer behavior such as environmental, organizational, interpersonal, and individual factors. It also lists and defines the typical steps in a business buying decision process which includes problem recognition, need description, specification, supplier search, proposal solicitation, selection, ordering, and performance review. It compares institutional markets which provide goods and services to people in care facilities with low budgets to government markets which require bids and favor domestic suppliers.