英文摘要 |
As the rapid progress of internet and online community platforms, the implementation and development of online community has been considered as important issues for practitioners. In recent years, online communities have been used as new communication channel with customers for many enterprises in Taiwan and other countries. Furthermore, numerous enterprises apply online community to the marketing, and enhance the competitive advantages for enterprises. Since the ”online communities platform” owns the characteristics of openness, interaction, dissemination, communication as well as content creation and so on, therefore it gradually becomes the emerging social media and channel for dissemination. Furthermore, ”how to implement online communities platform in enhancing customer service, marketing, sales and customer relationship management (CRM)?” has also been considered as an important issue for enterprises. According to the literatures, we can find that numerous enterprises have implemented online community platforms. However, the effectiveness is not as expected. Moreover, the development and applications of ”online community platforms” have also received growing attention from researchers. The main purpose of this study is to examine and explore the factors affecting the implementation of online community platforms. This study uses multiple-case study method to understand the implementation practices of online community platforms of those four case companies, and four fans page managers from different companies were interviewed. This study induces sixteen research propositions. The implications of the findings for practice are discussed. Moreover, this study will provide a valuable reference for business managers who are implementing online community platforms, and for researchers interested in the implementation of online community platforms. |