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Tailoring media research to users' needs

This paper both demonstrates that (at least in South Africa) media research does influence media planning and also shows the considerable value of measuring (rather than assuming) the needs, satisfactions and dissatisfactions of media data users.

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Media Research- Does It Really Affect Media Planning?

Author: Michael M. Brown

June 15, 1984

Litmus II

The purpose of this paper is to describe a new model, LITMUS II, and how it is being used by major advertisers in North America to develop improved if not "optimal" marketing plans for new products and services.

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Are Interviewers Obsolete?

Authors: Joseph D. Blackburn, Lisa E. Carter, Kevin J. Clancy

June 15, 1984

Marketing analysis on the basis of consumers' degree of involvement

Consumers' involvement in products considerably moderates their reactions to marketing and advertising stimuli. Involvement has now gained the status of a major parameter to be taken into account in advertising and marketing strategies. Current...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1984: What We Have Learned From The Recession

Authors: Gilles Laurent, Jean-Nöel Kapferer

Company: IFOP

June 15, 1984

Communication towards 15-25 year old youngsters

The analysis is based on: - the results of prospective survey carried on among 400 14-20 year old youngsters (400 qualitative interviews of one hour and a half each); and on the main findings of: - 500 qualitative interviews carried on among 16-25...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Marketing To Children And Young Consumer

Author: Marc Gilles

June 15, 1984

Computer assisted decision making

In this paper we focus on a new research tool, that has become feasible due to the availability of interactive computer programs. We deal with the theoretical background, experimental development and applications of a program for computer assisted...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1984: What We Have Learned From The Recession

Authors: Robert De Hoog, Alfred E. Bronner

June 15, 1984

A communication audit (French)

The communication audit, a fundamental, strategic study, is situated in line with traditional motivation studies. But contrary to the latter, it sets the primary of communication, supporting itself by the finding that brands are beings of discourse,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1984: What We Have Learned From The Recession

Author: Yves Krief

Company: SORGEM IMR

June 15, 1984

A comparative assessment of the costs and benefits of single location and multiple location telephone interviewing for multi-national research

The aim of this paper is to assess the comparative costs and benefits of single location and multiple location telephone interviewing for multi-national research projects. Special attention is paid to studies involving two or more European countries,...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Author: Nick H. Sparrow

Company: Marplan Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

June 15, 1984

Analysis of sales of price promoted consumer goods using scanner data

In this paper the following problem is tackled: Assumed, a pattern of individual item sales and corresponding prices by week is known for a certain period of the past. What sales can be expected if planned price strategies including price cuts are...

Catalogue: EMAC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: Methodological Advanced In Marketing Research In Theory And Practice

Authors: Martin Both, Wolfgang Gaul

June 15, 1984

Assessing worldwide market potential through on-line data banks

The trend towards multinational marketing is growing. Fewer companies now dominate fields such as housekeeping products, health and beauty aids, paper products, hot and cold beverages and so on. Increasingly, the potential for international expansion...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Author: Jacques Chahine

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1984