Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany

Customer relationship management is a common tool in large enterprises; yet it seems not to be successful with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). We conducted a survey to analyse the state-of-the-art customer relationship management systems and the degree of pervasion in SME. The survey cove...

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Main Authors: Menzel, C., Reiners, Torsten
Other Authors: J Devos
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33860
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description Customer relationship management is a common tool in large enterprises; yet it seems not to be successful with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). We conducted a survey to analyse the state-of-the-art customer relationship management systems and the degree of pervasion in SME. The survey covers 253 SMEs from North Germany and evaluates the available systems, desired and actually delivered functionality, integration in the Information Technology landscape, client satisfaction, and arguments about benefits and drawbacks of current CRM-systems. The main contribution of the chapter is improving the awareness of the importance that CRM has specifically for SMEs and benefits which SMEs can gain using CRM.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-338602023-02-27T07:34:31Z Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany Menzel, C. Reiners, Torsten J Devos H van Landeghem D Deschoolmeester Survey Small- and medium-sized enterprises CRM integration CRM Customer relationship management is a common tool in large enterprises; yet it seems not to be successful with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). We conducted a survey to analyse the state-of-the-art customer relationship management systems and the degree of pervasion in SME. The survey covers 253 SMEs from North Germany and evaluates the available systems, desired and actually delivered functionality, integration in the Information Technology landscape, client satisfaction, and arguments about benefits and drawbacks of current CRM-systems. The main contribution of the chapter is improving the awareness of the importance that CRM has specifically for SMEs and benefits which SMEs can gain using CRM. 2014 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33860 10.1007/978-3-642-38244-4_9 Springer restricted
spellingShingle Survey
Small- and medium-sized enterprises
CRM integration
CRM
Menzel, C.
Reiners, Torsten
Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany
title Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany
title_full Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany
title_fullStr Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany
title_full_unstemmed Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany
title_short Customer Relationship Management System a Case Study on Small-Medium-Sized Companies in North Germany
title_sort customer relationship management system a case study on small-medium-sized companies in north germany
topic Survey
Small- and medium-sized enterprises
CRM integration
CRM
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33860