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The changing human values in Kuwait

This study, the first of its kind in the area, provides a model and basis for future studies in order to monitor changes in the moral and social values system overtime, and gives a useful tool for institutions to assess their current policies in the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Author: D. Philippi

June 15, 1987

Determining critical levels for quality dimensions in service firms

The purpose of this paper is to give some guidelines of how one can set suitable levels of service components. It is too much to say that we will present a methodology for this purpose. We provide some indications of what can be done. In the paper we...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Strategies For Service Management

Author: Mikael Paltschik

June 15, 1987

The use of micro-simulation models in the development and positioning of new and existing pharmaceutical and O.T.C. products

The objective of this paper is to explain the use of micro- simulation models in different types of marketing problems. When and how should they be used, what are the practical requirements of such surveys and what sort of solutions to marketing...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Pricing And Forecasting In Pharmaceutical Industry

Author: Ingrid Leyssens

Company: Marplan Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

June 15, 1987

Expert systems in strategic marketing planning

In this paper we will explore the use of decision support and expert systems in strategic marketing planning, give a short outline of an expert system for a pharmaceutical company and show the implementation of that system in a PC/AT environment.

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: M.M.I.S- Useful For The User

Authors: Christer Carlsson, Pirkko Walden, Sten-Olof Hansen

June 15, 1987

How extra strong research helped launch extra strong teabags

The research programme was valuable in two main respects. First, it was early experience of a simulated test market in the region which helped in making a launch/no launch decision. In the event the major parameters predicted by the LOCATOR test were...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Authors: Janet Katz, Charles A. Rhodes

Company: MEMRB

June 15, 1987

Product testing

This paper sets out to demonstrate that effective product testing can be and is carried out in Arab countries, employing basically the same techniques as in Europe or elsewhere. As the title implies, the paper argues that there is no significant...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Author: Nigel W. Dix

June 15, 1987

Retail audit panels in the Middle East

This paper describes the experience of AMER in setting up and running retail audits in the region. This is confined to our experience because this is the first open discussion on the subject and we cannot, therefore, refer to the experience of our...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Author: Tony Antoniou

June 15, 1987

Some results and experiences of a new consumer panel technique

The modem means of tele-communication and the rapidly decreasing prices of home computers allow for a new method of consumer panel research: tele-interview. Consumers are being interviewed following a very user friendly procedure which requires per...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Improving The Use Of Consumer Panels For Marketing Decisions

Authors: Emiel P. M. Bon, Leo van Doorn

Company: NIPO

June 15, 1987

Methodological problems associated with multidisciplinary research concerning international construction industries with particular reference to the Middle East countries

The aim of this paper is to examine some of the methodological problems associated with multidisciplinary research in international construction firms and to make recommendations about how such problems can be alleviated. This paper gives an insight...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Author: Adnan Enshassi

June 15, 1987