Resources Library by ANA

The practical issues of co-ordinating international research

Unilever is a major user of market research worldwide. Much of this it carries out for itself but it also buys in research from outside agencies. Nearly all the work is locally-commissioned and locally-funded, and there are relatively few...

Catalogue: ARF/ESOMAR/JMA Seminar 1986: Marketing, Advertising And Research

Author: John Downham

Company: Unilever

June 15, 1986

Global marketing

Market research is no different from any other business. In order to be successful, research companies must meet their customers' needs. In the case of market research the customer is often another company, and the customer's needs will be formed by...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: John N. H. Whitaker

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1986

Introduction

Less than five per cent of attitude research is represented by the opinion polls published in the newspapers and broad- cast on the radio and television. Yet most public attention is focussed on this aspect of the market research industry....

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Robert M. Worcester

June 15, 1986

Taking stock

How then to sum up what we see so far in this decade. Certainly we have much to be pleased and proud about. Our industry well established in the business league; growing strongly in real turnover and volume terms; resilient in the face of economic...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Eileen Cole

June 15, 1985

Research in the Arabian Gulf countries: A comprehensive range of services to answer demanding local and international clients

This paper as the title indicates, would attempt to address two major areas on the extent of availability and use of research services in the countries of the Arabian Gulf and will particularly focus on very important aspects of the implementation...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Sami Raffoul

Company: Pan Arab Research Center

June 15, 1985

Qualitative research in Europe

The paper comments on qualitative research as it is carried out at present in Europe according to different 'styles'. What is referred to as the "new" qualitative research is discussed and the view expressed that it has emerged from dissatisfaction...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1985

Market research in Asia Pacific

This paper describes the companies providing research services in Asia Pacific, discusses the resources which have been developed by them, and the services they offer. A brief look is taken at official government statistics. In conclusion a few...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Author: Euan C. Blauvelt

June 15, 1984

Highly developed research in less developed countries

The paper identifies a trend towards greater sophistication of research in the developing world, and considers how some of the practical issues posed by Third World markets - diversity, religion, culture, language and literacy, sampling problems and...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Author: David N. Aldridge

June 15, 1984

Interactive access to on-line survey data-bases

New techniques for processing survey data are dramatically changing the way that research is carried out, moving the emphasis from data-collection to data-analysis. The computer terminal is playing an increasingly important role, and I firmly believe...

Catalogue: Seminar 1984: Are Interviewers Obsolete?

Author: Mark Katz

June 15, 1984