Resources Library by ANA

Convincing people

People are inundated with polls, findings and figures. This is blunting their perceptions of the value of research, just as the business world has become sold on 'getting closer to your customer'.Not your problem? Think again. It's a time-bomb. We...

Catalogue: Congress 2005: Making A Difference

Author: Neil Swan

Company: Ipsos MRBI

September 21, 2005

Predicting the unpredictable

Tipping points, viral marketing, the butterfly effect - Marketers today want to understand and take advantage of these 'emergent' phenomena. Outside of marketing research, innovative social and computer scientists have developed a new approach to...

Catalogue: Congress 2005: Making A Difference

Authors: Roger A. Parker, David G. Bakken

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

September 21, 2005

Researching the researchers

This paper examines usage and attitudes of market researchers worldwide to the Internet as a research methodology.Via a CAWI survey carried out in two waves, one in 2004 and one in 2005, market researchers themselves were interviewed about Online...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Panel Research Conference 2005

Authors: Katherine Allan, Nicolas Metzke

April 17, 2005

Online panels require expertise and knowledge far beyond the traditional market research skill set

This paper details how online panels require input from many disciplines outside normal market research practice and, most interestingly, involves what, to many, is the antithesis of market research, namely direct marketing.The paper solely refers to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Panel Research Conference 2005

Authors: Alexander Braun, Chris Whittle

April 17, 2005

The market research industry in Asia Pacific

This paper addresses the Market Research Industry study, conducted by TNS in July 2004, which provides a mirror to the industry.It maps out the buyers' requirements and provides an insight to these requirements between the markets in Asia Pacific,...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2005

Author: Wander Meijer

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

March 13, 2005

Beyond the research repository

This paper draws on the authors' experience in implementing client side, market research department (MRD) portals for more than 20 organizations around the globe with research budgets ranging from $1 million to $100 million.It outlines the problems...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2005

Authors: Chris Forbes, Daryl Maloney McCall

March 13, 2005

Users attitudes toward return on marketing research

This paper describes the following: a short introduction of Japan's marketing research industry; future needs for marketing information among research users in Japanese leading companies; research users' attitudes toward marketing research and...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2005

Author: Kazuo Kobayashi

March 13, 2005

Seeing around the corner

When operating in fast-moving business environments, market research is in danger of losing its seat at the table where decisions are made.Many common research tools were developed in a more slowly changing business world. To be successful, MR must...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference on Digital Futures 2005

Author: Michael A. Lotti

March 1, 2005

Digital convergence

When operating in fast-moving business environments, market research is in danger of losing its seat at the table where decisions are made.Many common research tools were developed in a more slowly changing business world. To be successful, MR must...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference on Digital Futures 2005

Author: Claude Floch

Company: GfK

March 1, 2005