Resources Library by ANA

Finding and developing new talent

There is now general agreement that market researchers need a broader skill set in order to cope with today's complex business environment. But our industry has been slow to make a breakthrough in developing training for newcomers in these wider...

Catalogue: Congress 2007: Excellence

Authors: Mario van Hamersveld, David Smith

Company: DVL Smith Ltd

September 19, 2007

Scalpel or hand grenade?

The market research industry spends a great deal of time and effort to understand how their clients' consumers make decisions what needs their clients' products satisfy, what choices consumers make versus their clients' competitors, how communication...

Catalogue: Congress 2007: Excellence

Authors: Subhransu Rout, Sangeeta Gupta

September 19, 2007

Creativity

This paper shows how brands facing deep marketing challenges such as repositioning, brand extension or competitive attack require creative solutions to engage consumers in entirely new ways.The paper describes an approach to identify real business...

Catalogue: WM3 2007

Author: Eric de Rugy

June 3, 2007

The push for holistic perspectives

Understanding consumer values is one of the most critical elements in any successful marketing strategy and planning. Considerations of price and quality matter for consumers, but, in many instances, value orientation also affects everyday choices...

Catalogue: Consumer Insights 2007

Authors: Ick-Sang Roh, Jay W. Shim

Company: Hankook Research

May 7, 2007

Why Mona Lisa has become the Mona Lisa

This paper examines the influence of Sacred Geometry in making unconscious connections with the human mind thus, making the understanding of brands and logos go beyond semiotics.Working with a variety of brands, packaging and logos, it is quite...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2006

Authors: Grace Janho, Krishna Patnaik

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

October 8, 2006

Ethnographic research and great storytelling

Due to the concentration process and increasing competition in saturated markets, automotive manufacturers are faced with the continuous challenge of developing innovative, consumer-compatible products. To better anticipate different consumer needs...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2006

Authors: Bettina Staudenmaier, Ulrich van Hormann, Laurent Favard

Company: GfK

October 8, 2006

Connecting with consumers

The dreaded 'f' word (fragmentation) and pressures on budgets are the only two irrefutable facts in today's uncertain world of marketing. This isn't news but there is a greater need than ever to clearly establish priorities of marketing investment....

Catalogue: Worldwide Multi Media Measurement 2006

Authors: Neerja Wable, Shivkumar Moulee

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 4, 2006

Optimising advertising expenditures

Automotive manufacturers are fighting to maximise their advertising efficiency in the context of an increasingly competitive market and significant pressure on market research budgets. As a result, six major European automotive manufacturers have...

Catalogue: Automotive 2006

Authors: Edgard Tagnon, Guillaume Saint, Thomas Merchant

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

February 27, 2006

Hands-on innovation

There is greater pressure today than ever to come up with new product innovations faster than the competition, yet the hurdles marketeers must go through to minimise risk have, if anything, increased.This paper explores and reviews one new approach...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2005

Author: Annette Mathers

November 13, 2005