Article: Investigating customer relationship management systems involvement towards customer knowledge creation processes Journal: International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management (IJECRM) 2015 Vol.9 No.1 pp.56 - 72 Abstract: This research aims to understand the nature of the interactions among CRM systems (operational, analytical and collaborative), knowledge creation processes (socialisation, externalisation, combination, and internalisation), and the variety of customer knowledge (knowledge to, from, and about the customer). Only by having a deep understanding of such three-way interactions, will organisations be able to maximise their CRM systems usage and identify areas of knowledge creation capabilities improvement. In this exploratory research, data was gathered qualitatively through a series of interview with key respondents in four different organisations in which CRM was used profoundly. The research findings were similar to the initial research propositions; operational CRM provided stronger support towards socialisation and externalisation processes. Analytical CRM showed support towards combination process, specifically in generating knowledge about customers. Finally, collaborative CRM showed the greatest variety in contributing towards knowledge creation process, for all three types of customer knowledge. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Investigating customer relationship management systems involvement towards customer knowledge creation processes

Authors: Muhammad Rifki Shihab; Imanuel Sukrisna; Achmad Nizar Hidayanto

Addresses: Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, 16424, Indonesia ' Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, 16424, Indonesia ' Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, 16424, Indonesia

Abstract: This research aims to understand the nature of the interactions among CRM systems (operational, analytical and collaborative), knowledge creation processes (socialisation, externalisation, combination, and internalisation), and the variety of customer knowledge (knowledge to, from, and about the customer). Only by having a deep understanding of such three-way interactions, will organisations be able to maximise their CRM systems usage and identify areas of knowledge creation capabilities improvement. In this exploratory research, data was gathered qualitatively through a series of interview with key respondents in four different organisations in which CRM was used profoundly. The research findings were similar to the initial research propositions; operational CRM provided stronger support towards socialisation and externalisation processes. Analytical CRM showed support towards combination process, specifically in generating knowledge about customers. Finally, collaborative CRM showed the greatest variety in contributing towards knowledge creation process, for all three types of customer knowledge.

Keywords: electronic CRM; customer relationship management; e-CRM; customer knowledge creation; operational CRM; analytical CRM; collaborative CRM.

DOI: 10.1504/IJECRM.2015.070698

International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management, 2015 Vol.9 No.1, pp.56 - 72

Received: 23 Jan 2015
Accepted: 27 Feb 2015
Published online: 20 Jul 2015 *

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