TY - JOUR T1 - The Influence of Internal and External Forces in Adoption of Electronic Customer Relationship Management (ECRM) in Malaysian SMEs AU - Hafizah Md Nasruddin, Nurul AU - Abdul Khalid, Fararishah JO - The Social Sciences VL - 12 IS - 12 SP - 2230 EP - 2235 PY - 2017 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2017.2230.2235 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.2230.2235 KW - Customer relationship mangement KW -electronic Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) KW -determinant factors KW -SMEs KW -influence factors KW -significant AB - Information Technology (IT) plays a significant role in today’s business competition. A prominent role is that it helps a firm to manage relationships with customers effectively. Today’s online consumer has more complex needs and much higher expectations than ever before. Online business communities are fast emerging as new organizational tools for customer relationship management, marketing, brand management and for a multitude of other purposes such as building strong online trust and reciprocity. To support this capability, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is evolving into electronic Customer Relationship Management (eCRM). Electronic Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) has become the latest paradigm in the world of Customer Relationship Management. ER -