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Managing data for decision making

This paper discuss how computer based information system can improve the problem solving capabilities of marketing services thereby contributing to more effective decision malting within both the marketing and sales functions. The information source...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Marketing Management Information Systems

Author: C. J. McCallum

June 15, 1977

Alchemy!

In medieval times people sought a universal elixir. They failed, just as modern insighters fail if we proselytise one approach is the future. We search for truth through data but history tells us there is no universal solution.Rather, we believe...

Catalogue: Fusion 2018 (Big Data World + Global Qualitative)

Author: Fiona Blades

Company: MESH Experience

November 11, 2018

Forecasting on an international level (French)

It is possible to carry out international forecasting simply by summating forecasts carried out on a national level, just in the same way as one often forecasts at the level of one country by adding together the forecasts made for each region of the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1959

Author: Yves Fournis

June 15, 1959

Alchemy!

In medieval times people sought a universal elixir. They failed, just as modern insighters fail if we proselytise one approach is ‘the future’. We search for truth through data – but history tells us there is no universal...

Catalogue: Fusion 2018 (Big Data World + Global Qualitative)

Author: Fiona Blades

Company: MESH Experience

November 11, 2018

Unlocking the Power of Secondary Data

The biggest recent development in the market research/insights profession is the explosion of secondary data resources.Companies today have more data than ever, from traditional syndicated studies to government databases to vast digital data...

Catalogue: Webinars 2021

Authors: Stephen Kraus, Paul Hunter

Company: ESOMAR

September 15, 2021

The changing information needs of the business community

Part I of this paper sets out by examining the external factors of change and how corporations are organisationally adjusting to the new reality. Set against this background, the new type of highly adaptable and flexible company has very specific...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Market Research And M.M.I.S.

Authors: Emil Baschnonga, Georgette Lubbock

January 25, 1984

Demystifying machine learning

Research departments are under pressure. They are expected to deliver faster, cheaper and more impactful insights than ever before. Instead of doing more and faster research, insight departments are also able to revisit existing data sources. Often,...

Catalogue: Fusion 2018 (Big Data World + Global Qualitative)

Authors: Sjoerd Koornstra, Wim Hamaekers

Company:

November 11, 2018

What is wrong with the audit data we use for decision-making in marketing

A major and well-known "tool of our trade" is the collection of information through observation. The major applications of observation as an information-collection method may be classified into the categories of the audit, coincidental recording...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1980: Taking Stock

Authors: Peter S.H. Leeflang, A. J. Olivier

September 1, 1980

Use of secondary data in market, opinion, and social research and data analytics

This paper reviews the key ethical, legal, technical and data quality challenges researchers face when working with these new data sources. Its goal is to start a conversation among researchers aimed at clarifying their responsibilities to those...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Codes And Guidelines

Authors: Reg Baker, Norbert Wirth

February 25, 2018