Frågeställning: Vilken påverkan har e-CRM, som ett stöd till relationsmarknadsföringen, på de långvariga kundrelationerna för SMF inom B2B i tjänstesektorn? Syfte: Syftet med rapporten är att beskriva och analysera vilken påverkan e-CRM har på långvariga kundrelationer. Rapporten kommer fokusera på små och medelstora företag (SMF) inom tjänstesektorn med B2B-relationer och genomförs som en fallstudie av Effect Reklambyrå AB. Företagets befintliga relationsmarknadsföring studeras tillsammans med e-CRM och långvariga kundrelationer för att se hur e-CRM påverkar dessa relationer. Rapporten syftar slutligen till att ge praktiska implikationer till Effect Reklambyrå AB som de kan använda sig av i framtiden vid skapandet av långvariga kundrelationer. Metod: Rapporten har haft en induktiv ansats med ett beskrivande syfte. Undersökningen har utförts med kvalitativa metoder. Datainsamlingen utfördes genom personliga intervjuer och intervjuer via telefon till det empiriska resultatet. För att analysera empirisk data har en kvalitativ dataanalys utförts. Resultat: Resultatet visar på att e-CRM har en positiv påverkan på de långvariga relationerna då de kan stärka de komponenter som ligger till grund för dessa. Det personliga mötet har fortfarande en väsentlig del i relationerna och därför fungerar de digitala kanalerna bra som komplement till dessa. Teoretiskt och praktiskt bidrag: Teoretiskt har denna rapport bidragit till att fylla det gap vilket identifierats i teorin. Praktiskt har rapporten bidragit till rekommendationer för B2B-företag i tjänstesektorn. / Research question: What impact does e-CRM have, as a support to the relationship marketing, on long-term customer relationship for B2B in the service sector? Purpose: The purpose of this report is to describe and analyse what impact electronic customer relationship management (e-CRM) have on long-term customer relationships. The report will focus on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within the service sector with business-to-business (B2B) relations and is made as a case study of Effect Advertising Agency AB. The agency’s relationship marketing is studied together with e-CRM and long-term customer relationships in order to understand what impact e-CRM have on these relationships. The final purpose is to give practical implications to the company that they can use to build long-term customer relationships in the future. Method: To meet the purpose of the paper a qualitative study was undertaken with an inductive approach. Data for the report have been collected through interviews. The empirical data has been analysed through a qualitative data-analysis. Results: The results show that e-CRM has a positive impact on the long-term relationships. This is because they can strengthen the components that form the basis for these relationships. The personal meeting is still an essential element in relationships and the digital channels work as a complement to these. Theoretical and practical contributions: Theoretically, this report helped to fill the gap that was identified in the theory. Practically, the report has contributed to recommendations for B2B companies in the services sector.

In the early 1990’s more and more companies of the Swedish public sector were exposed to competition, and this started the debate on how such actions might affect the business and even society. The first chapter examines how the public sector and especially health care, is financed and managed. We also explore what it means to be exposed to competition and find that there are many different ways of exposing the public sector to competition. The study examines dental care as an example of a market with both publicly and privately owned companies. The purpose of this paper is to explore how publicly and privately owned health care companies view their relationship with their consumers. The question that this paper seeks to answer is: "Are there any differences between publicly and privately owned dental care companies in how they communicate with their consumers?" Communication in this study refers to planned communication such as advertisement and websites, as well as the message the consumer receives when interacting with the product or service that is delivered. Two dental care companies in the city of Stockholm are examined in this comparative case study, one is owned by the public sector and one is a privately owned company. This paper concludes that publicly and privately owned dental care companies communicate with their consumers in slightly different ways. Privately owned dental care companies include their employees and use word of mouth in their communication to a higher extent than dental care companies owned by public sector. We suggest that this could mean that privately owned companies view their consumers as customers who need to be convinced, whereas publicly owned companies are more informative in their communication suggesting they view their consumers more like patients who need to be educated. Because unplanned communication was not examined in this study, this is suggested as a future field of research, to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between consumer and company.