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Is qualitative research truly developing or is it declining?

This paper is about the present perception of the assessment, definition and use of qualitative research in Mexico. Similarly, it calls for a more committed and less commercial approach to research, showing the potential of such research for...

Catalogue: Latin America 1997: The Dynamics Of Change In Latin America

Author: Ernesto Reyes Escobedo

May 1, 1997

Online research

This paper gives an overview of the key on-line research techniques that are currently available and how they may be applied in mainstream market research. In addition, it examines the results of a brief survey of leading research organisations in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: Do we control IT or are we IT's slave?

Author: David Walker

January 1, 1997

Accident, fact or fiction?

This paper draws attention to the importance of perceived coherence between fragrance and concept - as expressed by name, pack, packaging, positioning, and advertising - and claims that products lacking such coherence, will encounter grave...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Author: Barbara Busch

December 1, 1996

Colour-odour synesthesia

Synesthesia, the phenomenon of cross-modal perception, is well known in the visual and auditory realms. Recent studies show that contrary to conventional wisdom there are regular and systematic correlations between smell and vision. Smells have...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Capturing The Elusive Appeal Of Fragrance

Author: Avery N. Gilbert

December 1, 1996

A paper on toilet paper

The history of the search for the quality of life, just like the history of civilization - although unfortunately the two histories rarely coincide - can be written from two different points of view. Looking at things on a grand scale, considering...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Author: Marco Vecchia

September 1, 1996

Capturing the complexity of advertising perceptions

This paper is concerned with finding appropriate ways in which qualitative research can examine how advertising is perceived so that we can extrapolate accurately from the research situation to reactions while watching ads on-air. An American...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Looking Through The Kaleidoscope

Authors: Alan Swindells, Alan Branthwaite

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

December 1, 1995

Understanding subjectivity beyond individuality

In this paper we propose to consider the approach to the subjectivity of consumers on the assumption that there is now a TRUE consumption culture which inspires their behaviour and ideology, strongly influencing the perception of products and brands....

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Looking Through The Kaleidoscope

Authors: Laura Cantoni, Luigi Ferrari, Laura Frontori

December 1, 1995

Who is in bed with Madonna?

Conventional research methods tend to lack efficiency as they do not take into consideration the specific quality of moving images: their sequentiality, and the resulting sequence of perception. Therefore it seems futile to further develop aspects of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Looking Through The Kaleidoscope

Authors: Michael Altrogge, Eva Schabedoth

December 1, 1995

Problems connected with studying brand attitudes and brand images in a newly established market (Poland)

The importance of the role and functions of brands in "old" well established markets is widely recognized. Concepts such as brand images, brand personality, or brand profiles have been successfully applied by Western market researchers, in order to...

Catalogue: CEE Conference 1995: Towards A Market Economy

Author: Barbara Fratczak-Rudnicka

April 1, 1995