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Election research and the climate of opinion

The main thesis of this paper is that we have taken a new step toward understanding democratic elections since the early seventies. We are now in a position to understand the influence of processes of public opinion on voting behavior. The new...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

June 15, 1986

The researcher at the service of decision-making in collective build-up of the enterprise's project

After summarily introducing the concept of ENTERPRISE'S PROJECT, the paper shows how useful it is to carry out psycho-sociological research in the build-up of the ENTERPRISE'S PROJECT; it puts in evidence the role of the researcher, acting in the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Author: Pierre J. Burgaud

June 15, 1986

Analyzing trends in West European opinion

The Euro-Barometer surveys have played an important role in facilitating the analysis of political and social change. By providing a relatively long time series of cross-nationally consistent measures of mass orientations toward key subjects, this...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Opinion Polls

Author: Ronald Inglehart

June 15, 1986

A new type of copier

At the end of 1984 Canon, represented in Switzerland by W. Rentsch AG, decided to launch a completely new type of copier: the Canon Laser Copier 9030. This machine has a wide range of new features based on digital principles. Primary research was...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Problem Solving In Industrial Marketing

Authors: René Egger, Paul E. Dobler

June 15, 1986

Applying strategic research to the retail area

This paper seeks to examine several of the key issues which face retailers now, and which will become increasingly important over the next decade and beyond, and to look at the implications for research, and the way that researchers are reacting to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Retail Strategies For Profit And Growth

Authors: Chris Blamires, Tony Lunn, David Seaman

June 4, 1986

Sponsoring impact and how to read it

This paper is concerned with sponsorship as a marketing activity, and particularly with the sponsorship of sporting events. In this paper we look at some of the reasons for this situation, discuss its implications for sports sponsorship in general,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Below-The-Line And Sponsoring

Authors: Ivor Shalofsky, Nicolò di San Germano

November 6, 1985

Introduction to the seminar

We will be discussing the use of promotion and sponsorship in the marketing mix, dealing with the state of the art and trends. And, of course, within the framework of the ESOMAR umbrella, we will pay particular attention to roles of research in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Below-The-Line And Sponsoring

Author: Mario van Hamersveld

Company: Philips International

November 6, 1985

A new challenge: Strategic research (French)

My objective is neither to deliver a case history of the utilisation of surveys for strategic purposes, nor to present a new, revolutionary method. Rather, on the grounds of my dual experience as a Manager and a Consultant in the area of strategic...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Louis Tuvee

June 15, 1985

The contribution of research to corporate and strategic planning

The essence of Volvo's strategic guidelines about people is more a matter of leadership than money. The more one gives, the more one receives in return. People both inside and outside the company must be the two key priorities. The result will be...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Göran Carstedt

June 15, 1985