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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

Structural change in agriculture due to demographic processes

Whether one fears future farm closings due to a lack of successors or expressly advocates agricultural structural changes, the manner in which these changes can be expected to take place is of interest to agricultural policy. For this reason, a...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: From Farmer To Consumer

Author: Ferdinand Fasterding

June 15, 1994

The potential for direct delivery in the asset finance market

This paper presents some of the key findings from a qualitative research project conducted by NOP Corporate and Financial on behalf of Lombard Business Finance. The overall objective of the research presented in this paper was to determine the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: Banking And Insurance- From Recession To Recovery

Authors: Nick Watkins, Lucy Baker

June 15, 1994

Measuring editorial style in women's magazines

Conventional socio-demographic criteria are increasingly losing effectiveness for predicting consumer preferences, explaining political behavior, and in particular, differentiating readership profiles or targeting media audiences. As a result,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Authors: Lutz Erbring, Eva Schabedoth

June 15, 1993

The testing and development of innovative fragrances

Part one of the paper reviews the innovation process and relates this to the creation of new fragrances. Special attention is focussed on the development phase, of the creative process, which recognises the difficulty of using conventional market...

Catalogue: Seminar 1991: Fine Fragrances And Fragrances In Consumer Products

Author: Tom McGee

Company: Givaudan

June 15, 1991

Internationalisation of qualitative research

This paper reports on a series of projects conducted in Europe, the U.S, the Middle and Far East, designed to explore the practicalities and benefits of standardising International Qualitative research. The problems facing standardisation of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1990: Using Research For Marketing In The 90's

Author: Peter Cooper

Company: QRi Consulting Ltd.

September 1, 1990

Identification of industrial new product opportunities through utilization of graphic stimuli

This paper describes the evolution of industrial and consumer new product opportunities through the utilization of graphic probe stimuli which helped respondents recall and articulate unmet needs. The findings are based on an actual case history, a...

Catalogue: Seminar 1990: New Product Development

Author: Gerald L. Patrick

June 15, 1990

Wales: The art of the possible

This paper summarises what is believed to be the most far-ranging review of the arts in Wales to have been conducted for 25 years. It attempts the measurement of the cultural, social and economic benefits of the arts to a nation. The study considers...

Catalogue: Seminar 1990: Research And Marketing For The Arts

Author: John Matthews

June 15, 1990

Demand protection for bulk drugs

This paper is based on a study sponsored in 1984 by one of the clients of Operations Research Group. The broad objective of the study was to identify viable bulk drugs for manufacture and to estimate the gap between future requirement and indigenous...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Pricing And Forecasting In Pharmaceutical Industry

Author: S. Rajagopal

Company: Operations Research

June 15, 1987