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Social CRM for Customer Knowledge Management

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)Published 1 January 2014Open access
Dorota Buchnowska
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Abstract

The recent development and expansion of Web 2.0 technologies have created remarkable opportunities for Customer Knowledge Management (CKM). The goals of this paper are to analyze how organizations can apply Social CRM (social technologies integrated with traditional CRM systems) systems for CKM and to investigate what benefits they may derive from the use of social technologies. To achieve these objectives, the article shows the concept of Social CRM, differences between CRM and SCRM, and a review of CKM models presented in the literature. Then, there are indicated the possibilities of using SCRM solutions in the processes of customer knowledge management, and there are presented examples of the use of different types of social media in the management of different types of customer knowledge.

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Social SciencesDecision Sciences