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Perceived risk (German)

The fact that only a minority of Austrian households hold securities and other long-term forms of saving can only in part be explained by a lack of ability to save. The risk perceived by the saver seems to be a further important reason why the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Günter Schweiger

August 28, 1977

Market research as a decision aid for an image campaign, as demonstrated by the information campaign of Esso A.G. (German)

In 1974 an ad campaign was developed by ESSO A.G. and the McCann Agency in Hamburg with the basic aim of overcoming the decline in confidence between the oil company ESSO and the consumers resulting from the energy crisis. This was to be achieved by...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Karl-Friedrich Holm

Company: ESSO

June 15, 1977

Conditions favouring "leftist extremism" in the Federal Republic of Germany (German)

In 1975 the Federal Ministry of the Interior commissioned Infratest Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH to make a study of the causes of political extremism, in particular of leftist extremism. This study is designed to identify the causes for the development...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Yola Laupheimer

Company: Infratest dimap Gesellschaft fur Trend- und Wahlforschung mbH

June 15, 1977

Control of image and of results of advertising in the insurance market (German)

The application of opinion research for controlling results of advertising and for decision making of planning and realising advertising campaigns in the insurance market is shown by a case study.

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Heinz J. Zeilhofer

June 15, 1977

Survey research findings as a basis for court rulings concerning unfair competition (German)

The paper discusses the use of survey research findings as evidence in law court proceedings, a subject that has become increasingly significant, particularly in law suits concerning unfair competition. This is an area where survey results play an...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Wilhelm Schwarzenauer

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

June 15, 1977

Market mechanics 2 (German)

One of the most important and, at the same time, one of the most difficult problems of marketing is an efficient marketing budget allocation on the instruments of sale. The present study is aiming to do just that. 'Market Mechanics 2' ('MM2') is...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Authors: Wilfried Wenzel, Heino Stöwsand

June 15, 1977

Empirical results along the way to a price elasticity test (German)

It is such a difficult problem to pre-test the effects of price increases in the magazine market that attempts in this direction are made only seldom, although the problem plays a central role in marketing. The common price policy in German prohibits...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: Research Into Distribution Problems And Consumer Purchasing Behaviour For The Publishing Industry

Authors: Gunda Opfer, Dieter Müller-Veeh

December 1, 1976

PAKOM: The price-sales functions of competing brands (German)

This model, which is called PAKOM from the initials of its German name, concerns itself with the effects of price differences and indicates what influence the price policy for a product has on the level of sales, against the background of competitor...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Author: Klaus Kornobis

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1976

How should a product score in a blind test to stand a chance in the market? (German)

On the basis of practical research experience gained over many years the author has formulated guidelines for the interpretation of product test results. These guidelines are minimum ratings a product should score in a product test if it is to have a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Author: Jörg Rehorn

September 1, 1976