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The psychology of decision making

The psychology of judgement and decision making is a discipline dedicated to understanding the process which underlie people's judgements and decisions. This paper introduces some of the research findings and demonstrates how they can be applied to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Boaz Mourad

September 1, 1998

Why are some local brands more successful than any other brand?

Branding is an inevitable reality of marketing personnel and increasingly more brands are created to be viable in an international context. When crossing borders a question remains: whether to promote international image or to act local. The current...

Catalogue: Seminar 1998: Adding Transparency To Brand Management

Authors: Aivar Voog, Ulle Parnoja

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1998

Consumer VS. producer

If competitive intelligence professionals are to add value to organisational imperatives intelligence must become a central component of users decision-making processes. Competitive intelligence must make a material difference to the agendas of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1999: Market and Competitive Intelligence

Author: Douglas C. Bernhardt

March 1, 1999

Market research in the 1970's

Market research and marketing theory will grow more and more together. Market research will, to a greater extent, be built directly into the decision making process. The age of "interesting market studies" will be left behind. The market research in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1968

Author: Arne Rasmussen

June 15, 1968

Profitability and the comprehensive view

I shall not attempt to forecast the future of market research in the seventies, but I just want to bring up two particularly important aspects that both theoretical and practical research ought to tackle and get into perspective, if not solve...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1968

Author: Jean-Pierre Therme

June 15, 1968

Navigating in a rough sea

This paper shows the need for totally different thinking. There are three sectors of thinking: network thinking; future open thinking; and strategic thinking. Only the combination of these aspects of thinking can deal with the future in an efficient...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Author: Franz Tessun

September 14, 2003

Conjoint measurement and real options

The authors argue that a combination of conjoint analysis and real option valuation can improve the forecasts of a new product's success. The paper explores the importance of finding a crucial link between marketing and finance in product...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference on Marketing 2004

Authors: Marek Dietl, Radoslaw Rejman

October 10, 2004

In retrospect... Lessons learned

This paper provides the first results of a study aimed at identifying and quantifying if and how market research is adding value to the business process and to the bottom line.By now the study has become an ongoing process to identify how market...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2004: Integrating Marketing Research in Business

Author: Dirk Huisman

September 19, 2004

Research incorporated

We keep hearing that research needs to be sexier. Well it's time to make that happen! Across industries and clients, time and again, the full power of great research remains unlocked and unused. Yet, research has a story to tell and in this...

Catalogue: Latin America 2014: Accelerating Growth

Authors: Carola Verschoor, Kees Elands

April 4, 2014