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Word of mouth and media (German)

This paper discusses a point of view often overlooked: The importance of being - as an advertiser - talked about. The most successful of advertising executives are sometimes Irked when research people come up with survey results Indicating what...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1961: Marketing And Sociological Research In The Future

Author: Berend H. Feddersen

June 15, 1961

The mini parliament technique

Especially in local politics of small towns and communties the formulation of objectives and the development of decisions is highly intransparent. The new method provides applicable results for the decision-taking procedure of honorary persons acting...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Authors: Klaus-Christian Kleinpeld, Claus Merbold

June 15, 1985

The role of innovators in the diffusion of style process

This paper presents a short case study of the introduction of a new automobile in a small town. It analyses the characteristics and the role of innovators in the diffusion process. The analyses have shown that innovators with opinion leadership...

Catalogue: Seminar 1974: Fashion, Research And Marketing

Authors: Coskun Samli, John C. Rogers

December 4, 1974

Is opinion leader and opinion follower identical person?

The classic two-step hypothesis was rejected by its creators. Subsequent studies have demonstrated shortcomings in the data on which the hypothesis was based. For one thing, the dichotomy of opinion leaders and followers was shown to be unfortunate...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1968

Author: Arthur Graham

June 15, 1968

Research World (February 2001)

Fifty leaders of the marketing research industry have initiated a network of research users and providers from around the world. On 15 and 16 January 2001, research industry leadership gathered for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. The Research...

Catalogue: Research World 2001

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

February 1, 2001

Identifying opinion leaders (German)

This paper presents an instrument which serves to identify opinion leaders, a simple "strength of personality scale" developed by the Institut fur Demoskopie Allensbach and sponsored by the Spiegel Publishing Company. Testing the instrument with a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

June 15, 1985

The consumption pioneers

Pioneer consuming is often related to income and age of the consumer. Not completely however, nor is it always true. Pioneer consuming to a certain extent covers many product groups, durables as well as small ticket items. However--specific product...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 1960

Author: Jan Stapel

June 15, 1960

The consumption pioneers (French)

Pioneer consuming is often related to income and age of the consumer. Not completely however, nor is it always true. Pioneer consuming to a certain extent covers many product groups, durables as well as small ticket items. However--specific product...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 1960

Author: Jan Stapel

June 15, 1960

Do what your doctor tells you!

The paper will examine, with the help of specially prepared data, some of the potential advantages of integrating research amongst healthcare professionals (predominantly doctors and pharmacists) with more conventional consumer data. This paper...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Authors: Robert C. Blake, James J. Ryan

June 15, 1987