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Happy malcontents

What increases our happiness? Does wealth make us less stressful and happier? Does stress make us unhappy? What is the relation between our material as well as psychological well-being on one hand and satisfaction with social conditions on the other?...

Catalogue: Congress 2007: Excellence

Author: Krzysztof Zagorski

September 19, 2007

A quest for answers

Everyone wants to know why consumers choose brand A, switch from A to B, believe X and behave in certain ways. Yet most of the time, consumers don't know whyThis presentation looks at alternatives to why and more broadly, the best questioning methods...

Catalogue: Congress 2007: Excellence

Authors: Sarah Hamburger, Stephen Phillips

September 19, 2007

How not to kill the goose that lays the golden egg

This paper describes the latest thinking in the field of psychology relating to human motivation and how this may be used to inform the market research industry in its quest to reduce non-response.It reviews and contextualises the history of...

Catalogue: Panel Research 2006

Author: Pete Cape

Company: Research Now SSI

October 8, 2006

Renewing the original bonds

Market research has its roots in psychological theory and method, but there is a growing gap between psychological understanding and market research practice.Marketers today often rely on implicit or naïve explanations rather than formal theories...

Catalogue: Congress 2006: Foresight

Author: David G. Bakken

September 17, 2006

Before the after-shock

Foresight and intuition are interlinked. This paper posits that foresight and prediction are a function of good and intuitive thinking on the part of researchers and research buyers.Intuition is our 'adaptive unconscious'. All of us have this...

Catalogue: Congress 2006: Foresight

Author: Anumita Sharma

September 17, 2006

Defragment the consumer

Consciously or unconsciously, we systematically distort what we actually want to understand: the consumer.We often implicitly assume rational behaviour, neglect interdependencies and over-generalize from isolated findings. Most of all, we often...

Catalogue: Congress 2006: Foresight

Author: Florian Bauer

Company: IRIS Network

September 17, 2006

MOOD Consumption® theory

The MOOD Consumption® Theory provides a deeper understanding of consumer behaviour in a post-industrial world.Traditional demographic segmentation criteria such as age, gender and income no longer accurately explain buying attitudes. In today's...

Catalogue: Congress 2005: Making A Difference

Authors: Mette Kristine Oustrup, Mike Jeanes

September 21, 2005

Foreseeing growth

In order to make informed growth decisions, it is helpful for retailers to be able to find consumers in the population who 'look like' their current customer base.Insight Research Group conducted this type of analysis for a Midwestern U.S. retailer...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Retailing Industry Conference 2005

Authors: Boaz Mourad, Stacey Matthias, Danielle Sarver

April 19, 2005

Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo

The current competitiveness of the marketplace requires that qualitative research seek and deliver insights into a range of subject matter, including the nature and differences between brands.In pursuit of this, the sector has at its disposal a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 2005: Innovate!

Author: Neil McPhee

February 27, 2005