This study investigates the changes of the group of people which are involved in industrial buying processes through the introduction of e- business tools and in which way their involvement has changed. In order to achieve this research purpose this study contains a multiple case study of two companies, Volvo Lastvagnar AB in UmeƄ and SCA Packaging Munksund AB in PiteƄ, representing the important Swedish manufacturing and paper industry. The outcome of this study is that more and more e-business ...