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Customer Relationship Management and Marketing Effectiveness

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This article examines a comparative consumer study into the influence of firms’ customer relationship management (CRM) practices on their marketing effectiveness (ME) in the Nigeria and UK mobile telecommunications (MT) sectors. The qualitative multi-methods (focus groups [FGs] and secondary documents) were employed for data collection. The study involved six consumer FGs, three in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and three in Huddersfield, UK. The author employed thematic and content analysis techniques to analyse the study data using NVivo 10 software. As per Nigerian study, it was revealed that firms’ CRM practices were not customer-friendly and had negative impacts on their ME, and these were motivated by external factors. Six themes showed support for improving consumers’ experiences. The UK study revealed that firms’ CRM practices were consumer-friendly and had positive influence on their ME and these were motivated by internal factors. Seven themes found support for continuously service improvement. The study contributes to institutional theory and consumer utility theory.

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  • Andy Fred Wali, 2018. "Customer Relationship Management and Marketing Effectiveness," Paradigm, , vol. 22(2), pages 101-124, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:padigm:v:22:y:2018:i:2:p:101-124
    DOI: 10.1177/0971890718787663
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