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Media research in the U.S

U.S. media research has a great deal of vitality, but no game plan and formidable structural problems. Key among these are over specialisation, research systems that are captives of the media and an absence of advertiser involvement . From his work...

Catalogue: AMA/ESOMAR Conference 1979: It Won't Work Here

Author: Erwin Ephron

March 1, 1979

Product innovation

The pharmaceutical industry, as we all know, is subject to increasing social and environmental pressures. The effects of these pressures - and the way industry responds to them over the next decade - is the theme of this ESOMAR conference. There are...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: The Changing Environment For Pharmaceutical Marketing

Author: Alan Sheppard

February 1, 1979

Calculators versus computers

The paper discusses the application of modern programmable pocket calculators (PPG) in the analysis of marketing data. It first shows the main difference of the two basic 'languages' of programmable pocket calculators, viz. Reverse Polish Rotation...

Catalogue: Paper 1978: Analysis of Data

Author: Pierre Weber

February 1, 1978

Data collection approaches for old and new research techniques

In recent years a number of new data collection approaches have emerged. These include quite new questioning formats as well as modifications to established data collection practices. These developments have occurred because: 1. Research thinking in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

November 1, 1977

Innovation by data analysis (French)

In the constant search for new methodologies, the marketing researcher feels the need for a kind of guide which:- provides him with a better understanding of the large conventional families of analysis on the one hand, and; - enables him to spot real...

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

Author: Jean Paul Aimetti

June 15, 1976

Price policy, commercial success and therapeutic advantage of pharmaceutical innovation

The paper reports on a study which examined all new single chemical entities introduced on to the British prescription medicine market between 1962 and 1970. The therapeutic novelty and value of each at the time of product launch was assessed by a...

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

Author: Ducan Reekie

June 15, 1976

Innovation by data analysis

In the constant search for new methodologies, the marketing researcher feels the need for a kind of guide which:- provides him with a better understanding of the large conventional families of analysis on the one hand, and; - enables him to spot real...

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

Author: Jean Paul Aimetti

June 15, 1976

Marketing research & innovation

A new product development and market successful introduction is always the result of a very complex process. A long time has elapsed since the initial idea, which may have come from the research people, the sales force or the general management. The...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1973: The Application Of Market And Social Research For More Efficient Planning

Author: J. P. Mayeur

September 1, 1973

Market segmentation

In the broadest sense of the term, market segmentation as a strategy has been with us as long as marketing itself. Essentially, it hinges on the principle that consumers are not all alike, and utilises that principle in the sale of merchandise. Until...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1972: Marketing In A Changing World

Author: A. l. Biel

Company: Ogilvy

September 1, 1972