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What can indicators of consumer mood do towards providing an annual forecast of economic activity in a given sector?

This contribution considers the capability of different indicators of the overall consumer mood to make predictions about the building-savings market in the Federal Republic—the Allensbach Indicator and the Consumer Climate Index of the...

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

Author: Dieter Schmid

June 15, 1984

Choosing the right product

Market research has developed several tools for selecting the optimal combination of product features. One of the methods which has become fairly popular within the last years is the "Trade-Off Model". With this method, utility indices are computed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: New Product Development

Authors: Detlef Baur, Jürgen Doeblin

November 2, 1983

Multivariate data analysis and consumer behaviour

The purpose of this communications is to review the main applications of multivariate methods to a preeminent area of marketing research consumer behavior. Three areas of application are distinguished, based on a paradigm of consumer behavioral...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1982: Fitting Research To Turbulent Times

Author: Yves Evrard

June 15, 1982

Forecasting transport markets

The remainder of this paper is concerned with describing briefly a number of exercises in which research technologies have been utilised in combination to assist in predicting consumer behaviour. Most, but not all are related to investment decisions....

Catalogue: Papers 1982: Social Research And Prediction

Author: David Hollings

June 15, 1982

The uninvolved consumer

A theory of low involvement consumer behavior is emerging in the marketing literature, challenging a number of traditional theoretical and strategic assumptions. The traditional view of consumer behavior is based on the cognitive psychologist's...

Catalogue: Seminar 1982: Classifying Consumers

Author: Henry Assael

June 15, 1982

Consumer classification based on behavioural measures

In this article, we recommend consumer classification based on behavioural measures. Basic dimensions of the relevant behaviour we want to influence, should be distinguished in order to classify consumers in homogeneous segments. Other behavioural...

Catalogue: Seminar 1982: Classifying Consumers

Author: Willem Frederik van Raaij

June 15, 1982

Brain lateralization and individual differences in people's reaction to mass communication

The present paper discusses recent findings regarding brain lateralization and its implications for the study of consumer behaviour. This research suggests a new view of the way in which consumers react to different media and creative solutions. It...

Catalogue: AMA/ESOMAR Conference 1981: From Advertising To Communication Research

Authors: Niels Erik Lundsgaard, Flemming Hansen

June 15, 1981

One model of advertising and communications research with applications for all

This paper describes a model of consumer behavior using a combination of evoked brand sets and multi-attribute techniques that not only predict how considers make their decisions, but provide data that can be used by corporate decision makers.

Catalogue: AMA/ESOMAR Conference 1981: From Advertising To Communication Research

Author: Harry E. Heller

June 15, 1981

Consumer behaviour of young people

During the last years the interest in young people's consumer behaviour has greatly increased. Young people as almost emancipated partners in the process of purchase decision are supposed to be educated in order to become consumers like adults. They...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Children And Young People

Author: Liselotte Fessel

Company: GfK

June 15, 1980