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Virtual reality shopping simulation for the modern marketer

Virtual reality of some kind would seem to be a natural tool for market research. It has the potential to help the marketing decision maker in that it can allow him to model what people do rather than rely simply on what people say they will do. The...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Stephen Cohen, Mike Gadd

September 1, 1995

Let me show you our holiday video.....?

At the beginning of the 1990’s, it was recognised that the existing information on the volume and value of tourism and the characteristics of the visitor market was inadequate as an input to the forward planning and development of tourism on...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Chris Brock, Tom Costley

September 1, 1995

Can advertising pre-tests predict the longevity of advertising effects?

This paper starts by examining possible reasons for the lack of consistent in-market validation of advertising pre-tests. It is hypothesized that conventional pre-testing measures may not distinguish well between transitory and more permanent effects...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Author: Max Blackston

September 1, 1995

To work or not to work

The unprecedented economic boom in China has resulted in a high demand for local managerial talent, as most multi-nationals have recognised that in order to sustain their business growth, they need to localise fairly rapidly. Consequently, the young,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Author: Khushi Khanna

September 1, 1995

A bull in a China shop

The economy in China is growing at an unprecedented rate. It is forecast that its GDP will overtake the USA by the year 2030. While agricultural output is threatened by mass migration to the cities, the industrial, retail and financial sectors are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Kate Shanahan, Trevor Sharot

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1995

Close, but no cigar

The time is early 1989. The Berlin wall is up. The Soviet Union is just what its name implies: a union. 1992 is a soon-to-happen promising event - and Europe is a private club of old-world nations, not an open concept. The client is the toughest...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Author: Philippe Boutié

September 1, 1995

Does market research really contribute to decision making?

Market research definitely contributes a great deal to certain kinds of decisions but leaves a lot to be desired in certain other kinds of decisions. Unfortunately, the marketing decisions where it does not add too much value are often the more...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Author: Rama Bijapurkar

September 1, 1995

Efficiency of investments into advertising

The present article is the description of applied research, conducted by the Scientific Research Center "V-Ratio" (Moscow) by the order of one of the largest financial companies in Russia. The first chapter of the article gives a brief spetch of the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Author: Oleg L. Chernozub

September 1, 1995

A new income tax return form in the Netherlands

he research that is the subject of this paper was conducted to gain insight into the extent to which the new tax return forms for income tax, developed by the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration, lead to an improvement of the way the forms are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Conny Felius, Ine Klaassen, Jan Smelik, Leo van Doorn

September 1, 1995