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Data collection methods applied in Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and Colombia

The paper discusses a number of primary data collection methods applied in Algeria, Egypt, Turkey and Colombia as part of an empirical research project with the purpose to evaluate the marketing of six protein-rich food products to malnourished...

Catalogue: Seminar 1981: International Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

Author: Viveka Linde

Company: Marknads Systematik AB

September 1, 1981

Study of the reading habits of physicians

In the course of the readership analysis of medical journals in 1977 (LA-MED 77), a number of methodical experiments were carried out in addition to the standard interview with the aim of supporting the existing methods and acquiring additional...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1979: The Challenge Of Eighties

Authors: Dieter Müller-Veeh, Gunda Opfer

June 15, 1979

The use of international online databases in competitive analysis

Online databases extend the researcher's range of sources so greatly that they cannot be ignored both as a tool in competitive analysis and as a means of keeping abreast of the world's literature on technical and business aspects of the...

Catalogue: EPHMRA/ESOMAR Seminar 1985: Pharmaceutical Competitor Analysis

Author: Janet Matthews

February 27, 1985

Macroanalysis of the international pharmaceutical industry

With the increasingly international nature of the pharmaceutical industry, market researchers are faced with the task of analysing companies and product sectors that are exposed to a wide variety of operating conditions. Whether conducting analysis...

Catalogue: EPHMRA/ESOMAR Seminar 1985: Pharmaceutical Competitor Analysis

Author: Steve-Michael Plag

February 27, 1985

Pricing research what should we actually remeasuring?

Pricing research should help companies to calculate the optimum price for each of their products, in order for companies to achieve their basic goal: Profitability. Pricing research however often fails to do this. Indeed, despite the large number of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Pricing And Forecasting In Pharmaceutical Industry

Authors: Martine Leroy-Sharman, Ian Tinn

June 15, 1987

What we have learned from researching AIDS

This paper is a case history setting out what we have learned from a major programme of research into public knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in relation to the disease AIDS, with the emphasis on research methodology. The research was commissioned...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1987

Authors: John A. Samuels, Simon J. Orton

September 1, 1987

Life after 50

The phenomenon of the ageing society in Western Europe is one with which we are aware but with which we have not even begun to come to terms. We still think of the older age group as a homogeneous unit, whereas they are more heterogeneous than...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: The Over 50's In The 90's

Authors: Vicki Drummond, Greg Smith, Leon Kreitzman

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1991

Marketing decision-making using knowledge-based systems

Knowledge-based systems (KBS), a branch of artificial intelligence, are designed to replicate the functions performed by a human expert. They enable a user to consult a computer system as he/she would consult an expert advisor to figure out how to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Do New Technologies Help Or Hinder Marketing Decisions?

Authors: Pirkko Walden, Malin Brännback

June 15, 1992

Executive information and decision support systems- A revolution in the making

Japanese Industry as a whole can be justly proud of the extent to which senior executives use, and value information. In a recent study of major Japanese Industrial companies, the professional services firm Ernst & Young made some interesting...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF/JMA Conference 1992: Marketing And Research Under A "New World Order"

Author: David Brown

June 15, 1992