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Psychographics and its practical application to the publishing business

This paper shows the findings of the first psychographics conducted in Italy on a national sample representative of the adult population ageing from 18 to 65 years and the practical application to a family weekly magazine which has a wide...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: Publishing And The Communications Industry

Author: Costantino Jannacone

November 1, 1979

The expansion of medical marketing research by the inclusion of political and social aspects

In this paper we will use German experience to illustrate how doctors react in their thoughts and opinions to these discussions, in particular to those initiated in 1976 by the government and some Federal Ministries. These sociopolitical discussions...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: The Changing Environment For Pharmaceutical Marketing

Authors: Friedhelm Brüdgam, Gerhard Studynka

June 15, 1979

The importance of the patient on pharmaceutical marketing

The following paper is to inform you about some aspects which are the result of a multinational research project, named the European Health Panel. It analyses the health status and the consumption of pharmaceutical products. With a written interview...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: The Changing Environment For Pharmaceutical Marketing

Author: Peter A. Hofer

June 15, 1979

Changes in the GP environment and its effects on promotion and market research

This paper sets out to explore the task elements and related time spending of a General Practitioners (GPs) working day and attempts to measure how, if at all, these are changing from year to year. The results are analysed with particular reference...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: The Changing Environment For Pharmaceutical Marketing

Author: Richard Gilmore

February 1, 1979

Computer simulation of the pharmaceutical market response

The present study develops a System which explains resultant data (drug prescriptions) in terms of causal measures (doctor behaviour) and enables Management to set strategic plans, to control and evaluate them. The system of the present study is...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: The Changing Environment For Pharmaceutical Marketing

Author: Alexandre Thabor

February 1, 1979

What people say...

Is becoming clearer and clearer that Market Research, as a member of Social Research, does not work exclusively for marketing firms any longer, but often works as well at resolving many types of social problems, this fertile duality seems to be all...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Alain Kling

December 1, 1977

Strategies of increasing carpooling behavior among urban commuters

This paper represents an application of a theory of social change to the area of increasing carpooling (ride-sharing) behavior among urban commuters. The paper at first briefly describes alternative strategies of changing social behavior as proposed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Jagdish N. Sheth, Abraham D. Horowitz

December 1, 1977

Re-interviewing in attitude surveys

A previous ESOMAR Paper on domestic energy saving discussed an experimental study in which were tested the predictive values of simple attitude statements. This present paper discusses a second experimental study which aims to test the usefulness of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Pamela Mills, Elizabeth H. Taylor

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

December 1, 1977

Observation and pseudo-experimentation

The present paper attempts to illustrate one of the ways data collection may move along: making use of observation and quasi-experimental procedures. This way means improving the approach, by collecting data in strictly defined conditions of the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Author: Alain Zwilling

November 1, 1977