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Research World (February 2007)

Research - more than any other discipline - provides objective insight into the domain-specific dynamics of business, that it reduces uncertainty, helps to solve marketing problems, and makes a contribution to improving effectiveness and performance....

Catalogue: Research World 2007

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

February 1, 2007

Research World (December 2006)

Some contend that the market research industry has missed out on opportunities in the last few decades but is this true? They point for example, at the possibilities of data mining or those offered by the internet. Whatever the case, it is apparent...

Catalogue: Research World 2006

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

December 1, 2006

Research World (November 2006)

With the exponential growth in population, issues in the public sector are ever more complex, they range from how to tackle poverty and social exclusion, to dealing with the ecology and environment, from improving healthcare to the integration of...

Catalogue: Research World 2006

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

November 1, 2006

Innovative approaches

It has become increasingly critical for the market research industry to provide deeper analysis, more compelling insights and highly actionable recommendations generated from the consumer research we provide to clients. This perhaps in large part...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2006

Author: Marla Commons

October 8, 2006

Research World (October 2006)

In this issue of Research World, we provide an update of some of the more noteworthy developments. Whether, with the introduction of “new tools” for qualitative research, the scope of research is being further stretched or possibly...

Catalogue: Research World 2006

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

October 1, 2006

Breaking down barriers

The research industry is still wedded to the old paradigms of research. These evolved to meet the needs of different business functions and reflect the business thinking that was dominant at the times they emerged. Business thinking has moved on but...

Catalogue: Congress 2006: Foresight

Author: Peter Hutton

September 17, 2006

Research World (September 2006)

Projections about future developments, delivering expectations, indicating trends and making predictions, are activities that do attract attention. And of course, carefully formed opinions about what will happen in the future are indispensable to the...

Catalogue: Research World 2006

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

September 1, 2006

Research World (July/August 2006)

Managers often say that research is too sluggish, too expensive, inaccurate and vague. There is simply no time for it. Or they might add that a survey has no role to play in understanding what will come next - “not even customers can predict the...

Catalogue: Research World 2006

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

August 1, 2006

The non-existing frontier

Innovation is not simply a buzzword, but is becoming a reality within organizations. Market research is positioned as the natural place for user-centered innovation within companies, but this is not always recognized. Ronald Burt's ideas concerning...

Catalogue: Innovate 2006

Authors: Luis Arnal, José Tapia

Company: INSITUM

May 10, 2006