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Corporate planning, computer services and market research

The shift from primary and manufacturing industries to the service sector continues in the industrialized nations of the West. Within the service industries, the emphasis is now on the production and distribution of organised information. The age of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Authors: Andrew C. Gross, Peter M. Banting

June 15, 1985

Pharmaceutical industry competitor analysis

The key to change in the pharmaceutical industry is technology and new drug introductions versus exposure to generic competition. The net effect equals the critical stock selection criterion for pharmaceutical investing.

Catalogue: EPHMRA/ESOMAR Seminar 1985: Pharmaceutical Competitor Analysis

Author: Christina Heuer

February 27, 1985

The emergence of home banking (French)

We now see the development of home banking as an inevitable trend: the technology involved has proven reliable, with new applications being developed at a rapid pace. Furthermore, a market for these new services clearly exists already, and — in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Assessing And Improving The Quality Of Financial Services

Author: Jean Hussenet

February 1, 1985

Recent developments in computer applications for market research

In this paper we discuss some recent and possibly unique developments in the application of computer technology to market research data collection and analysis. We describe the development of three systems which utilise local area networks of...

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

Authors: Matthew Holder, Douglas J. Johnson

June 15, 1984

Interactive access to on-line survey data-bases

New techniques for processing survey data are dramatically changing the way that research is carried out, moving the emphasis from data-collection to data-analysis. The computer terminal is playing an increasingly important role, and I firmly believe...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Are Interviewers Obsolete?

Author: Mark Katz

June 15, 1984

The use of new technology to help the consumer

This paper describes the work of Consumers' Association, publishers of Which?, and of The Survey Unit, giving some details of their aims, organisation, and methods, and describing briefly the problems, particularly those associated with data...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Are Interviewers Obsolete?

Authors: Michael Warren, Michael Willmott

June 15, 1984

Assessing worldwide market potential through on-line data banks

The trend towards multinational marketing is growing. Fewer companies now dominate fields such as housekeeping products, health and beauty aids, paper products, hot and cold beverages and so on. Increasingly, the potential for international expansion...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Author: Jacques Chahine

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1984

Research opportunities through technology

The use of technology has spawned opportunity rather than hindered the growth of researchers. A chain reaction of opportunities can originate from a handful of advancements. From my own experience at M/A/R/C and visiting other researchers, let me...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Are Interviewers Obsolete?

Author: George H. Harmon

June 15, 1984

How technology affects our day-to-day professional life

This paper will focus on the use of technology in marketing research and will cover the following chapters: 1. Quality of data collection; 2. Developments in data collection;3. Developments in the disclosure of marketing data;4. User and supplier of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Are Interviewers Obsolete?

Author: Emile M. C. van Westerhoven

June 15, 1984