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Understanding the path to purchase

The fast pace of today's automotive market and the many influences on consumer choice require manufacturers and dealers to understand and take actions quickly to reflect changes in consumer preferences.This paper discusses a new model and method of...

Catalogue: Automotive 2006

Authors: Andrew Dye, Michael Mills, Tina Katsinikas, Nicole Tarkar

Company: Nielsen

February 27, 2006

Piloting the storm

The threat of being permanently tagged as a model of social irresponsibility haunts the pharmaceutical industry in emerging markets like Brazil.For different reasons the conditions to put the performance of the industry at center-stage are gradually...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Fabián Echegaray

Company: Market Analysis

February 6, 2006

Beyond the patient

This paper is based upon the research findings of an independent study carried out to investigate the world of the modern healthcare consumer.Taking chronic back pain as an example condition, this paper describes how a holistic approach to research,...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2006

Author: Tom Atkinson

Company: Insight Research Group Ltd.

February 6, 2006

Research World (January 2006)

In this respect, one could say that the main purpose of modern market research is also in fact to develop pronouncements for governments and business about what will happen in the future. Providing insights into markets and the motivation of...

Catalogue: Research World 2006

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

January 1, 2006

Weblogs and the quest for trendsetters

Trendsetters' habits and behavior form the mass culture and help forecast the overall tendencies of market development. This presentation reviews the methods of revealing and studying trendsetters.The presenter analyzes current approaches toward the...

Catalogue: Consumer Insights 2005

Author: Serguie Cheikhetov

November 15, 2005

Intercultural consumer research

The presentation summarises problems of intercultural marketing research in terms of the emic - etic distinction well known in cross-cultural research.Examples show the importance to start cross-cultural marketing research from the native consumer's...

Catalogue: Consumer Insights 2005

Authors: Markus Paul, Olaf Hofmann

Company: SKOPOS

November 15, 2005

A new qualitative approach in concept development

Common market research approaches - regardless whether by qualitative or by quantitative means - usually assess more or less finalised concepts of new products and services. Potential consumers and target groups have rarely been involved directly in...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2005

Authors: Ute Rademacher, Stefanie Güntzel

Company: Ipsos MRBI

November 13, 2005

Facial expression analysis to detect emotions

Many emotions are so fleeting that the observer cannot detect them. Furthermore, the respondent is often not aware of and cannot express their emotions in words.This paper describes a methodology using video analysis to detect facial expressions of...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2005

Author: John Habershon

November 13, 2005

Hands-on innovation

There is greater pressure today than ever to come up with new product innovations faster than the competition, yet the hurdles marketeers must go through to minimise risk have, if anything, increased.This paper explores and reviews one new approach...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2005

Author: Annette Mathers

November 13, 2005