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Attitude to risk

Why is it that your colleague at work, who is the same age as you, has a similar background in terms of educational qualifications, occupation and income - and who falls into roughly the same demographic category as you do - has a personal net worth...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/EFMA Seminar 1996: Consumer Trends In Banking And Insurance

Author: Nandita Khanna

May 1, 1996

The ten commandments for a successful merger and acquisition in marketing research

This paper reviews key issues of the industry consolidation process which has reshaped the landscape, describe the failure rates observed and state the key dimensions that should be carefully considered in order to reduce these risks.

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Author: Jorge García-González

September 14, 2003

New products

This paper is concerned with the generation and screening of new product ideas. It does not concern itself with the development of products, brand names, packaging or advertising of the ideas which survive the screening process and is thus only the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: New Product Development

Author: Ronald W. Artingstall

October 1, 1979

Car dealer survival strategies

Car dealers depend on three main sources of income: the sale of new cars, used cars and of service and parts. They face major challenges in all three, possibly to an extent that threatens the very structure of the industry. In this paper, we review...

Catalogue: ESOMAR International Automotive Marketing Conference 1992

Author: Jonathan Brown

June 15, 1992

Why ditching depth is dangerous

Qualitative research is one of the most effective ways of understanding the major issues facing society. However, in the race to generate instant insight and technological solutions, researchers are at risk of overlooking the fundamental strengths of...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Authors: Michael Thompson, Michael McLean

Company: Opinion Leader

November 20, 2013

Analysis of new products on basis of results from several minor analyses and creative interpretation

My notes relate to the introduction of Alt om Mad in Denmark in the Autumn 1977. Comprehensive analyses were preceding the introduction, ensuring a minimal risk by the launching. We carried out the following test programme: 1) Test of potential and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1978: Value For Money In Market And Social Research

Author: Torben Larsen

September 1, 1978

Public versus private opinion

The opportunities for research in the 1980s will be much affected by changes in society. In particular, by a clash between two powerful forces: the producer bureaucracy and the new individualism. It will be a clash of values and opinions and research...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1979: The Challenge Of Eighties

Author: Stephen King

June 15, 1979

The proposal process of privatization

The purpose of this paper is to describe the global framework within which privatization tenders take place, as well as to identify the differences ensuing from the different types of privatizations. The paper likewise analyzes the necessity for...

Catalogue: Latin America 1997: The Dynamics Of Change In Latin America

Authors: Julio Fresno Aparicio, Cristina Francisco Alvarez

May 1, 1997

The scope and limitations of forecasting for industrial products

In order to arrive at statistical forecasts of the future growth of markets it is necessary to use statistical and econometric methods which are regarded in many quarters as being worlds apart from the conventional (and often qualitative) methods...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1967

Author: Louise Perruche

August 1, 1967