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New product development based on Japanese consumer tastes in the area of electronics and home appliances

The marketing philosophy of Japanese enterprises in the high-tech field is to discover ways to match technology with the traditional life style and culture of the Japanese people instead of just regarding technology as rational, functional and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/JMA/ARF Conference 1988: Innovation In Marketing, Advertising And Research

Author: Tohru Nishikawa

June 15, 1988

Consumer durables

This paper compares actual consumer budget priorities to predictions from the value priority model. The actual consumer budgets are obtained via personal interviews in which consumers are asked to indicate which durable goods they plan to purchase in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1984: What We Have Learned From The Recession

Authors: Glen L. Urban, John R. Hause

June 15, 1984

Practical use of marketing research for area market development

This case study refers to the "A" Company, one of Japan's leading manufacturers of audio/video equipment and home electric appliances. For a long time, the company remained to have a small share in the Sendai Metropolitan district, one of the...

Catalogue: AMA/JMRA/JMA/ESOMAR Conference 1983: Strategic Planning

Authors: Tadaaki Funayama, Kazuari Ushikubo

Company: Research and Development Inc.

June 15, 1983

The innovation process in consumer electronics

The innovation process in the consumer durables sector has a number of specific characteristics. This paper highlights a number of aspects of new product developments as far as consumer electronics are concerned. First, a number of general market...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: New Product Development

Author: Mario van Hamersveld

Company: Philips International

October 1, 1979

Market research in the USSR: Reducing its costs and improving quality

The paper describes effective methods of solving problems that appeared in the durable consumer goods market (TV-sets) in the early 70's. In spite of time limitations the research program was successfully carried out at a rather low cost. The studies...

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

Authors: B. A. Soloviov, A. B. Feldman, B. A. Khramtsov

September 1, 1978

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

Atlas Copco Airpower compressed air dryer survey

Atlas Copco Airpower, one of the 3 product companies of the Atlas Copco group is responsible for the development, design, production and the marketing of compressed air installations on a worldwide basis. In 1972 a market survey was done to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: International Market Research

Author: J. Enthoven

April 1, 1976

A micro model of purchasing behaviour for consumer durable goods

This paper describes the background of a longitudinal study aimed at the development of a predictive model for the individual household's purchase behaviour concerning specific durable goods. Firstly, the setting of the problem is explained. Next,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1975: Market Modelling

Authors: Leendert de Jonge, Walle M. Oppedijk van Veen

Company: Philips International

June 1, 1975

The use of attitude data in the short-term forecasting of durable expenditure

This paper outlines some current research being conducted at the London Business School, sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust in conjunction with the Gallup Poll, into how market survey data can be used to measure the state of consumer expectations and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1970: The Practical Application of Market Research

Author: Gordon Heald

September 1, 1970