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The current situation of opinion polling round the world

A somewhat general survey of the condition of opinion polling round the world is reported. In Western Europe and the English speaking countries in particular they are firmly embedded, recognised and understood by politicians and journalists, together...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Norman L. Webb

June 15, 1986

The surprising Dutch elections Of May 21st 1986

The votes of slightly over 9,1 million Dutchmen for 2 out of 27 parties turned out different from what the samples of all pre-election surveys had told the researchers. All interest had been focussed on whether the governing coalition would keep or...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Authors: Ger C. Schild, Jan Stapel

Company: NIPO

June 15, 1986

The use of expert systems in marketing

Expert Systems provide a means whereby the knowledge, experience and practices of an organisation can be brought together in easily accessible ways. Hence it becomes possible for the less knowledgeable, experienced or practiced people in an...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: John Davis

June 15, 1986

How research is used to solve industrial marketing problems

We all know from our experience that amongst companies selling to non-consumer markets there is a wide divergence in the importance assigned to market research, the resources devoted to it and the way in which it is used, It was in order to quantify...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Problem Solving In Industrial Marketing

Author: Janet Levin

Company: Marplan Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

June 15, 1986

Master and optimise the future of a brand

The object of this talk is to present to you a tool with which to analyse and master this confrontation, intended to help those in charge of a brand in their prospective thinking on the future of this brand. I will first of all present the tool from...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: Geneviève Ville

Company: BVA Group

June 15, 1986

Master and optimise the future of a brand (French)

The object of this talk is to present to you a tool with which to analyse and master this confrontation, intended to help those in charge of a brand in their prospective thinking on the future of this brand. I will first of all present the tool from...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: Geneviève Ville

Company: BVA Group

June 15, 1986

The predictive value of qualitative research

The objective of this paper is to illustrate the validity of qualitative research as a predictive tool. The predictive value of qualitative research and its possibilities of anticipating problem-solving is presented here as based on its own...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Authors: Susana Tisler, Juan S. Alós

Company: Ogilvy

June 15, 1986

Our struggle to penetrate the Japanese market and how we attained success

Japanese brand names such as Yamaha, Cannon, Sony, Toyota and a great many more dominate entire product categories in the Rest. Only a few companies and products seem to have been able to reverse the process and to establish themselves as household...

Catalogue: ARF/ESOMAR/JMA Seminar 1986: Marketing, Advertising And Research

Author: Kiygkazu Aizawa

Company: Nestlé

June 15, 1986

Deep, dangerous or just plain dotty?

This paper examines and questions some assumptions and practices in qualitative research which are obtaining current publicity. In particular, it explores the claims of the so called "new" qualitative techniques and questions their: A. Relevance to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Qualitative Methods Of Research

Author: Gerald de Groot

June 15, 1986