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Successes of Western products in the Japanese market

The prevailing belief is that Japan’s markets are protected from the entry of foreign competition by a host of complex barriers. These range from conventional trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas on the import of certain items and complex...

Catalogue: Conference 1991: International Marketing Research

Author: Susan P. Douglas

June 15, 1991

The buying process in large scale distribution

There is a large amount of research which deals with the buying behaviour of organizations and which brings to the fore the concept of "Buy grid" where a buying centre and the different phases in the buying process are identified. Our research...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Authors: Anne Marie Schlosser, Jean-François Boss, Jose P. Dionisio

September 1, 1988

The buying process in large scale distribution (French)

There is a large amount of research which deals with the buying behaviour of organizations and which brings to the fore the concept of "Buy grid" where a buying centre and the different phases in the buying process are identified. Our research...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Authors: Jose P. Dionisio, Anne Marie Schlosser, Jean-François Boss

September 1, 1988

The structure of the costs recognized by the price formation method used for medicinal specialties in Italy

Characterisation of the structure of the pharmacy distribution channel of the Italian drug market by means of a large sample (672 different preparations of 497 pharmaceuticals produced by 135 Italian and foreign drug companies). The sample, witch...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Pricing And Forecasting In Pharmaceutical Industry

Authors: Paolo Loreti, Mario Racco

June 15, 1987

Prospective study on the future of agricultural distribution

The foreseeable changes in the agricultural world are likely to have repercussions in all sectors peripheral to agriculture and therefore on the distribution of agricultural products. We may suppose that the role of the distributor and his...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Identifying Change in European Agriculture

Author: Odile Peixoto

Company: BVA Group

June 15, 1987

Research among dealers

This paper describes a method of research which has proved very successful in different sectors (agrochemicals, animal health products, machinery) and in different European countries. It enables manufacturers or national distributors to identify the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Identifying Change in European Agriculture

Author: Tony M. Houghton

June 15, 1987

The self-service bank

Banking with private customers in the Federal Republic of Germany undergoes a radical change with economic and social consequences for our country which cannot yet be foreseen. Among others it concerns the distribution of meanwhile about 2 billions...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: Wolfgang Hesse

Company: Produkt + Markt GmbH & Co. KG

June 15, 1986

The self-service bank (German)

Banking with private customers in the Federal Republic of Germany undergoes a radical change with economic and social consequences for our country which cannot yet be foreseen. Among others it concerns the distribution of meanwhile about 2 billions...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: Wolfgang Hesse

Company: Produkt + Markt GmbH & Co. KG

June 15, 1986

Futures for European food distribution

This paper reports the findings of a survey of views of members of the food chain in ten European countries. The survey was undertaken in early 1986 and respondents came from all sectors of the food chain. The purpose of the survey was to obtain...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Author: Susan A. Shaw

June 4, 1986