ISO 44 003

Collaborative business relationship management

Guidelines for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises on the implementation of the fundamental principles

The ISO 44 003 standard gives guidelines for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to use the twelve principles of collaborative business relationships to improve their collaborative capability.

This document is applicable to all organizations regardless of what line of business they do, where they are, their operating environment, culture, social capital and objectives.

Core areas:

• quick access to complementary resources, markets and new customers
• innovation, research and development
• economies of scale
• sharing risk, costs and resources
• accessing knowledge, expertise and competences
• efficiency and stability