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Sharpening the act

This paper outlines a largely personal view of the challenges facing marketing researchers and their colleagues in pharmaceutical companies and the actions that deserve priority. Preparation of the paper has been assisted by discussions with senior...

Catalogue: EphMRA/ESOMAR Conference 1995: Pharmaceutical Marketing Research- The Challenge For Growth

Author: John S. Burton

June 1, 1995

The marketing concept in Hungarian enterpises

The epic economic and political transformation of Eastern Europe in 1989 has not been accompanied by sudden changes in underlying cultural values or managerial attitudes. As a result, the marketing concept in organizations is in a state of flux. This...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/JMA/ARF Conference 1995: Triad 2000

Authors: Wade Danis, Andrew C. Gross, Robert D. Hisrich

June 15, 1995

What are the problems facing business firms?

During 1962, my company - The Paul PLANUS organisation - carried out a survey on a sample of one in a hundred French business firms. Interviews were conducted with 160 firms. The purpose of the survey was to obtain information on the problems facing...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1967

Author: Yves Fournis

August 1, 1967

Some applications of operational research to the problem of advertising

Management decision in the field of advertising is typically concerned with problems such as the size of the advertising budget, how the outlay should he distributed over time and within regions, what type of messages should be used and what media...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Yearbook 1963-1964

Author: David Lowe-Watson

June 15, 1964

Characteristics of a successful retailer

This lecture is about successful retailers, we can also speak of lesser successful retailers. GfK has chosen to research diverse structures in the electrical retail trade to make a difference between successful and less successful valid. The best...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: Adding Value To Retail Offerings

Author: Bert Groot-Enzerink

Company: GfK

June 15, 1989

The international approach of Laura Ashley

The major objective of this paper is to provide an indication as to the manner in which an internationally successful brand retailer views its approach to the expansion of its image and trading base in the international market place. The Laura Ashley...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: Adding Value To Retail Offerings

Author: Mark L. Bunce

June 15, 1989

Mystery shopper research

Mystery shopper research (or mystery buyer research) is an often underestimated instrument with respect to its various applications. In industries where personal selling is the most important or one of the most important marketing mix variables, MSR...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Travel And Tourism Transition

Authors: Eric Sondervan, Ad Schalekamp

Company: NIPO

June 15, 1991

A Global marketing strategy responding to national cultures

A proposal for the conceptually desirable Global Marketing Strategy is presented. This effective global strategy which has a standardised pattern across nations should be adapted to national cultures in order to be most efficient. First, the basic...

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

Author: Hiroshi Kosaka

June 15, 1992

Marketing management support systems

A Marketing Management Support Systems can be defined as any device combining (I) information technology, (II) marketing data and/ or knowledge, and (III) analytical capabilities, made available to one or more marketing decision-makers with the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/EMAC/AFM Symposium 1993: Information Based Decision Making In Marketing

Authors: Berend Wierenga, Gerrit H. van Bruggen

June 15, 1993