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Yea-saying

This paper takes a careful look at the phenomenon of 'yea- saying' , defined as "the tendency of respondents to express agreement with a statement irrespective of the attitude expressed by that statement". Most experienced researchers would probably...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Roger J. Stubbs, Peter Hutton

June 15, 1976

Price policy, commercial success and therapeutic advantage of pharmaceutical innovation

The paper reports on a study which examined all new single chemical entities introduced on to the British prescription medicine market between 1962 and 1970. The therapeutic novelty and value of each at the time of product launch was assessed by a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Author: Ducan Reekie

June 15, 1976

What's fashion all about, and does it really matter anyhow?

The present paper first examines the various concepts of fashion underlying previous research, focusing in particular on the clothing and related fashion industries. The main preoccupations of this research are then examined in the light of current...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Author: Susan P. Douglas

June 15, 1976

An application of microsimulation modelling to the marketing of a consumer durable

Philips pursue a policy of systematically evaluating new methodology for improving the Company's marketing decisions. Marketing models of several types have been developed, especially using regression techniques on time series data. However, ranch...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Pieter Gunter, David Beazley

Company: Philips International

June 15, 1976

Housing standards

The paper is concerned with the development and modification of techniques to assist in the redefinition of housing standards in England and Wales. The paper primarily reports on original research which has been conducted to assist in this...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Author: Frank Macey

June 15, 1976

Magazine contents and the needs of different sociological segments of readers

The object of the study was to identify the market opportunity for two Mondadori weeklies on the basis of characteristics of the readership and its expectations from the magazines. The research area was made up by the readership of the two magazines...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Vittorio Liberanome, Gilberto Valentini

June 15, 1976

Magazine contents and the needs of different sociological segments of readers (Italian)

The object of the study was to identify the market opportunity for two Mondadori weeklies on the basis of characteristics of the readership and its expectations from the magazines. The research area was made up by the readership of the two magazines...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Vittorio Liberanome, Gilberto Valentini

June 15, 1976

A study of vehicle speed measurement using film techniques

This paper describe the development and use of an innovatory technique of studying motoring behaviour, with particular reference to a precise measurement of speed. The technique developed involves continuous filmed records of road traffic and has to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Lynda Waters, K. M. Macafee

June 15, 1976

From a survey of market needs to the designing of a total product (French)

In the light of a series of market surveys begun by the SNCF in 1967, there emerged as a common factor: the second- class passengers' deep dissatisfaction with the service provided. Since the SNCF was also facing the prospect of extensive renewal of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: P. Rapello, Jacques Chauvineau

June 15, 1976