CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC ECONOMY

Anthony S. Atkins, Anthony Marsh

2004

Abstract

In the last few years Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has been the subject of considerable interest in the business world. This has sometimes resulted in exaggerated claims about the benefits on offer to organisations. This paper provides an insight to the underlying concepts of CRM, the technological changes, and the impact to the organisational structure, its processes and the three main business divisions relied upon to deliver customer intimacy – specifically, Customer Service, Marketing and Sales. The paper highlights examples where CRM initiatives have been implemented for cost savings, profitability growth and a competitive advantage. The paper also outlines how many organisations are seeking to realign and empower the lower ranks of the business to nurture and harvest one-to-one customer relationships. The paper indicates that organisations need to review business operations in order to meet the challenges of delivering customer focus and outlines a framework as a planning tool to utilise CRM technology.

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in Harvard Style

S. Atkins A. and Marsh A. (2004). CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC ECONOMY . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks - Volume 1: ICETE, ISBN 972-8865-15-5, pages 103-110. DOI: 10.5220/0001386401030110


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icete04,
author={Anthony S. Atkins and Anthony Marsh},
title={CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC ECONOMY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks - Volume 1: ICETE,},
year={2004},
pages={103-110},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001386401030110},
isbn={972-8865-15-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication Networks - Volume 1: ICETE,
TI - CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC ECONOMY
SN - 972-8865-15-5
AU - S. Atkins A.
AU - Marsh A.
PY - 2004
SP - 103
EP - 110
DO - 10.5220/0001386401030110