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Riding the value shift in market research

What is the biggest threat to the future of market research? This paper argues that deep, permanent changes in the competitive dynamics of market research are behind its growing commoditization and that of other trends like 'DIY' research. The...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: David G. Bakken

September 15, 2010

From clipboards to online research communities

Online panels are replacing telephone and face-to-face data collection; increasingly MROCs are replacing more established methods of talking to consumers. What do respondents think about these changes? Are there differences between countries? This...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Authors: Jackie Lorch, Steve Cierpicki, Bill Zuo, Cam Davis, Ray Poynter, Keith Phillips, Sue York

Companies: Colmar Brunton, Nielsen, Research Now SSI

September 15, 2010

How social media is democratizing research

With over 25,000 firms and 3,000,000 professionals engaged in market research worldwide - in a world where Encyclopedia Britannica has been largely eclipsed by Wikipedia: how do we stay afloat? This paper will demonstrate how technology and society...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Sean Case

September 15, 2010

Looking for the fire not the smoke

Maybe the biggest 'buzz' in marketing currently is buzz itself. While advances in social media have made it the hot topic, why do some marketing ideas ignite and spread whilst others fizzle out? Contagious ideas stand out because they produce a...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: David Penn

Company: Conquest

September 15, 2010

The collective brain

This paper defines the concept of 'the collective' and through a case study, illustrates the leading companies that are implementing it, highlights the implications to research firms and offers strategies for competing in this new landscape. The...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Rex Briggs

September 15, 2010

The myth of segmentation

Segmentation can be a very powerful tool for aiming marketing to special groups. But is it always the right thing to do? What are its limitations? What is its future? What, if anything, lies beyond segmentation? The aim of this paper is to challenge...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Jochum Stienstra

Company: Ferro Explore!

September 15, 2010

New market research

New technology and tools are changing the practice of qualitative market research practice. Powered by the advent of broadband connectivity, social software, digital media and wireless devices, the Social Media Age has given qualitative researchers...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Authors: Lee Ryan, Jennifer Picard, Tom Ewing

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

September 15, 2010

The future of forecasting is here

At the 2002 ESOMAR Congress, a paper entitled The Future of Simulated Test Markets (by Joseph Willke, ACNielsen BASES) made predictions about what life would be like in 2010 and the implications for STM models. 2010 is here, and it is the perfect...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Lee Markowitz

Company: Ipsos MRBI

September 15, 2010

Welcome to the house of research

Dear research buyers: How much time do you spend on each project to write the brief, read proposals, pick a supplier and get them up to speed on your business issues? Don't know or don't even want to think about it? In the Weihenstephan Research...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Thomas Methner

Company: ISM GLOBAL DYNAMICS GmbH

September 15, 2010