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From Big Data to big decisions

In a world of Big Data and an ever-widening variety of data types, technological tools and infrastructure, while not glamorous, are mission-critical to insights creation and building a data-driven business culture. Microsoft's Market Research team...

Catalogue: Big Data World 2016: Understanding People Through Smart Data

Authors: Reed Cundiff, Ilana Saarikko

Company: Microsoft

November 18, 2016

The Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT), the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment, has quickly become a hot topic for 21st century businesses and...

Catalogue: Big Data World 2016: Understanding People Through Smart Data

Author: Miguel Ramos

Company: Forsta

November 18, 2016

Steering healthier lifestyles

This case study takes place amidst a familiar backdrop sector funding cuts driving service reform. In this instance, this meant the proposed integration of separate behaviour change support services- for smoking, excessive alcohol consumption,...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Rachel Abbott, Eimear MacGarty

Company: The Behavioural Architects

November 16, 2016

Understanding a man's online world

In Turkey, males desire a world which totally belongs to them with all symbols of masculinity and in which they are appreciated by women – and a world with not much more than football, entertainment, speed and games!...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Isil Sahinoz, Nihan Sahan Eren, Didem Sekerel Erdogan

Company: Nielsen

November 16, 2016

Breaking the spell of Sisyphus

The work of a market researcher can be a truly Sisyphean task: you conduct your project, craft your insights, present them to marketers, only to be confronted with similar research question months later. You're back to the bottom of the hill. That is...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Anna Demianova, Susanne Stahl

Company: Point-Blank International GmbH

November 16, 2016

Enabling a full life to people with a mental disability

This paper describes a project carried out for Philadelphia, one of the largest health care facilities in The Netherlands for people with severe mental disabilities. It outlines how research helps Philadelphia to learn the needs of a group of people...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Maurice Palmen, Gaby Siera, Iris Aarts

November 16, 2016

Fell in love at first sight or started as a friend?

Can an ancient method be as powerful as the most advanced ones? Our answer is yes, at least about exploring customer experiences. The method we chose is oral storytelling. Our approach, "Recollection, Repetition, and Reflection," employing modified...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Tomoko Yoshida, Akiko Hoshi

Company: INTAGE HOLDINGS Inc.

November 16, 2016

Between a rock and a hard place

What does it really mean to be an adventurer? And what do adventurers really want from a brand like Clif? To answer these questions truthfully, we needed to leave the boardroom far behind, step into their worlds and experience their adventures first...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Anne Lacey, Michelle Thevil

November 16, 2016

Stories from the fringe: The people strategy forgets

The most engaging stories are usually the ones whose characters live on the fringe, disrupting the norm and the expected.With this paper we showcase how by understanding the fringes you can magnify the trends and insights seen in the mainstream. How...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Peter Harrison, Vangelis Skouras, Ian Pierpoint

November 16, 2016