CRM and its results in Czech small and medium companies

Abstract

The objective of this article is to present partial results of primary research, which was carried out on the basis of questionnaire survey that was focused on the issue of customer relationship management in small and medium-sized companies. The basis is brief theoretical debate focused on the specifics of small and medium-sized companies and customer relationship management. The sample consists of 736 companies from the Moravian-Silesian Region. The research findings focus on CRM awareness, what CRM means to companies and what are the long term results of CRM utilization. The final part of the article presents the established and verified statistical hypothesis reflecting the nature of the relationship between respondents and their answers.