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The use of the Internet for opinion polls

The paper examines current and future Internet usage in Europe. It discusses how the Internet is beginning to be used for data collection in market research and its benefits over other methods. More specifically it shows the results of Internet...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1997: Learning From The Future

Author: Pete Comley

September 1, 1997

The information paradox

This paper has two aims: first, to send out a wake up call to us market researchers as a profession. If we don't want to fade into oblivion like the buggy whip,the time to begin a fundamental change of market research is now. And, secondly, to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF/JMA Conference 1997: Fit for the global future?

Author: Alecia S. Helton

Company: Texas Instruments

June 15, 1997

Retail in emerging markets

The first part of this paper deals with the complexities associated with definition of FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Good) retail outlets and their classification in India. It outlines the changes in outlet type and stocking patterns over time and...

Catalogue: Revolutions In Panel Research 1997: New Questions, New Solutions

Authors: Amit Roy, Kamal Ramanath, Bikramjit Chaudhuri

February 1, 1997

Can we predict fragrance preferences from consumers' choice of colour?

A relationship between colour preference and fragrance, should one exist, might enable inferences to be drawn from information concerning the former about which types of perfume a consumer might be expected to wish to buy. This paper seeks to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Authors: Vivien S. Wilton-Middlemass, David Rose

December 1, 1996

Prediction of customer segments with Neural Nets

The process of categorising customers is traditionally based on simple slotting procedures or more extensive survey data. The first procedure might be inaccurate and/or uncertain, the latter complicated, time- consuming, and most of all expensive. It...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Telecommunications In A Dynamic Market Place

Authors: Knut Kvaal, Harald Djupvik

June 15, 1996

Adapting products to preference profiles

Some people may think that developing a segmentation model is plain and simple. This paper shows that there are a lot of choices and options, and not all of them are obvious. What should be the main focus of the model, what sort of data collection...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Telecommunications In A Dynamic Market Place

Authors: Harald Djupvik, Svein Roar Hult, Jon Martin Denstadli

June 15, 1996

On the possibility of predicting ratings reliably

The paper reports on a secondary analysis of Australian People Meter data, using trend-series data analysis techniques. It places particular emphasis on deriving a neural network model of television audience estimates. The research program has been...

Catalogue: ARF/ESOMAR Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1996

Author: Ian Garland

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1996

Retail audits

This paper examines Retail Audit data captured in Egypt using econometric modelling. The approach currently is not purely directed at forecasts or predictions but an understanding of trend movements. ARIMA and Transfer Function Modelling has been...

Catalogue: MENAP Forum 1996: Pressure On Profit

Authors: Bhawani Singh, Salil Punoose

March 1, 1996

Diagnostic and predictive advertising pre-testing

The paper starts with examining the needs of marketing and advertising practitioners in the region from advertising pre-testing. This is done through in-depth interviews conducted by the author with a few leading professionals in the advertising...

Catalogue: MENAP Forum 1996: Pressure On Profit

Author: Ravi Miglani

March 1, 1996