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The shift to the era of the wired consumer

The lines are blurring among four huge industries: computers, consumer electronics, communications and entertainment. The relentless spread of digital electronics-converting information, sound, video, text, and images into a single stream of ones and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: Do we control IT or are we IT's slave?

Author: Edward O'Hara

January 1, 1997

Is Asia different?

In his book “Asia Rising”, Jim Rohwer describes Asia as a “bewildering amalgam of religions, races, cultures and languages, of rich and poor, and of advanced and backward.” The purpose of this paper is to find out whether market...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific Conference 1996: Marketing In Asia

Author: Roger Banks

November 1, 1996

The role of qualitative research in Asia

Qualitative research provides a unique opportunity for engaging in a dialogue with Consumers. This paper examines the following:- Qualitative Research and its practice in Asia;- Marketing implications of the changes taking place from Asian and...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific Conference 1996: Marketing In Asia

Authors: Jocelyn Pinijarom, Peter Cooper

Company: QRi Consulting Ltd.

November 1, 1996

Multi media

The adoption and diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) has only begun, even as its research. Besides some theoretical background, this paper aims to give insights -1 in the managers’ attitudes and perceptions towards the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/EMAC Symposium 1996: Research Methodologies For 'The New Marketing'

Authors: Tim Duhamel, Harry Commandeur, Niels Schillewaert

November 1, 1996

Media research

This review looks at the media research services currently available in fourteen key Asia Pacific markets, namely: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific Conference 1996: Marketing In Asia

Author: Andrew Green

November 1, 1996

A buyer's perspective

Marketing in Asia Pacific is poised to enter a new phase of consumer demand, requiring different marketing skills and approach. At a basic level, brand marketing is about focusing on consumer needs rather than on manufacture ability. This concept is...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific Conference 1996: Marketing In Asia

Author: Kay Broadbent

November 1, 1996

Quality and technology

This paper describes the key elements of Custom Research Inc.'s quality management system and the role technology has played in Custom Research's continuous improvement, a system which has been recognized by its success in United States’...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Author: Jeffrey L. Pope

September 1, 1996

Company strategies for social responsibility

Milton Friedman developed his theories regarding economics and politics in the seventies. These theories became influential in the eighties when both Reagan and Thatcher used Friedman's ideas to promote their economic reforms. Friedman was clear as...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Author: Carl C. Rohde

September 1, 1996

Consumer life-style and ethnocentrism

The objective of this paper is to investigate ethnocentric behavior of Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz consumers. Data for the study were collected through personal interviews in four districts of Bishkek-the capital city of Kyrgyzstan and Baku of Azerbaijan....

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Authors: Erdener Kaynak, Ali Kara

September 1, 1996