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Diagnosing poverty in Latin America

This paper proposes a methodology to diagnose poverty in Latin America, a useful tool in the design of social policies. The method assumes that poverty is not merely the lack of basic resources - income or of goods - but rather the outcome of a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1997: Learning From The Future

Author: Patricio Moyano Galdames

September 1, 1997

Business, spirituality and the new millennium

This paper traces and explains the interrelationship of three important fin de siecle phenomena as they are occurring in North America: 1) the intensification of socio-psychological responses to the end of the second millennium and the approaching...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1997: Learning From The Future

Author: Hazel Kahan

September 1, 1997

Capitalism and the foreign investor

These unique surveys of Russia's regions offer insights into the development of one crucial aspect of capitalism -- attitudes and policy preferences among both opinion leaders and the general public. Begun in 1994 and continuing today, these surveys...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Elena I. Bashkirova, David A. Jodice

Companies: ROMIR, D3 Systems, Inc.

September 1, 1995

A case history

In 1981-82 NRK launched a new station, Radio 2 with a programme concept not very different from that of the existing Radio 1. The two stations were run by two separate organizations located 500 kilometres apart, competing for the same listeners. Over...

Catalogue: Radio Research Symposium 1995

Authors: Erik Dalen, Tor Fuglevik

July 1, 1995

Anticipating social change in Eastern Europe

The purpose of this paper is to present RISC's experience in applying its specific socio-cultural expertise in the monitoring of social change to the former communist societies. The first part presents the ACE East program, its developments, and its...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Marketing Integration Of West And East Europe

Authors: Larry Hasson, Agnieszka Xrason

Company: RISC S.A.

June 15, 1993

Economic transition

Understanding transitions in the Russian economy was examined from two different perspectives: 1. the perceptions and attitudes of the people towards that transition and 2. the nature of the values and self perceptions of those people that allow one...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Marketing Integration Of West And East Europe

Authors: Elena I. Bashkirova, Darrel Edwards

Company: ROMIR

June 15, 1993

Economic values and attitudes to the economic reform of Lithuanian people

The paper is divided in two parts. The first part discusses the estimations of the economic and social consequences of the transformation process in the Central and East Europe given by the residents of that region. Majority of the region's...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Marketing Integration Of West And East Europe

Authors: Rasa Alisauskiene, Rita Bajaruniene

Company: Baltic Surveys

June 15, 1993

Socio-cultural indicators

The technical team of Line Staff, in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, has developed two tools designed to optimize the analysis of cultural behavior: - Socio-Cultural Index (SC!) - Activity Index...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1992: The Race Against Expectations

Authors: Jordi Guixà, Miquel Pardina

September 1, 1992

The social psychological basis of individualisation in consumer lifestyles and demand

Individualism in Western countries has come about through psychological and socio-cultural factors: human needs for a separate, distinctive identity in comparison with others. This requires secure attachments and core group affiliations, on top of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: The Growing Individualisation Of Consumer Lifestyles And Demand

Author: Alan Branthwaite

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1991