Resources Library by ANA

Life beyond the focus group

Globally, clients and stakeholders such as advertising agencies are looking for richer insights which they can use to differentiate their brand. Semiotics is an area that can appear to offer rich possibilities.Like psychology, this area is of vital...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2004

Author: Lee Ryan

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

March 28, 2004

What does 'new' mean?

The authors examine how three possible structural changes in the New Zealand auto industry (tariff elimination; importation of well-specified used Japanese cars; and changes to consumers 'meaning of 'value') meant that whilst new cars were become...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference on Automotive Marketing 2004

Authors: Girish Punj, Jacqueline Smart, Richard Brookes

March 1, 2004

Challenges in conducting worldwide online research

Over the years much has been written about cultural sensitivity in marketing. As manufacturers began offering products and services to the worldwide community, marketers struggled with building a single global brand while localizing their messages...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Cross-Industry Forum 2003

Authors: Paul Strasser, Hans Lingeman

December 3, 2003

Even cowboys get the blues

This paper sets out to argue that the influence American culture exerts on (young adult) European consumers is showing signs of decline, as a result of a decline in the relevance of the values of the 'America Brand', as currently expressed. It...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Qualitative Ascending Conference 2002

Authors: David Burrows, Sarah Castell

Company: Flamingo

November 10, 2002

Media performance indicators

Communication Management is the planning, implementation, control, evaluation and optimisation of marketing communication. It is often viewed by advertisers as vital for optimal results from their marketing communication efforts. This paper describes...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2002: Print

Author: Arie K. den Boon

June 13, 2002

When is a coconut not a coconut?

This paper calls for a reading of advertising discourse in the context of this overwhelming cultural specificity. It is proposed that, to create semiotically relevant discourses, advertising will have to invoke the cultural backdrop and build it into...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Conference 2001: The Business Value Of Emotional Intelligence

Author: Seema Khanwalkar

October 28, 2001

The Euro 2002 information campaign

In the realm of advertising and communications, international research can be (and often is) criticized for only “skimming the surface” or taking the lowest common denominator when researching creative work – particularly when dealing...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Conference 2001: The Business Value Of Emotional Intelligence

Authors: Anna Moody, Amman Werner

October 28, 2001

The contribution of qualitative research to the presidential campaign of Vicente Fox

Within the framework of theoretical and methodological reflection about the discussion group, this paper describes how qualitative research was used in the campaign of Vicente Fox, the new President of Mexico. Qualitative research provided the...

Catalogue: Latin America 2001

Authors: Guido Lara, Soledad Rojas

May 1, 2001

Build strong brands and develop communications

Segmentation using values related variables is increasingly being used in Asia to help in the positioning of brands and to drive marketing communications. This paper addresses some of the drawbacks and limitation of this approach. In particular, it...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2000: Redefining Business In Asia Pacific

Authors: Michael O'Donohue, Tamsin Addison

Company: McKinsey & Company

November 1, 2000