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Sensitive subject in a sensitive market

This paper discusses the problems of researching sensitive subjects in a conservative Islamic country such as Saudi Arabia. Using erectile dysfunction as a specific example, the paper discusses the avenues which have been explored and the crucial...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2004

Author: Jim Ryan

February 22, 2004

Mirror, mirror on the wall - Are we the same for all?

This paper presents the results of a qualitative research study among diabetic patients that identifies distinct patient clusters based on existing attitudes and prevalent mindsets. Based on subsequent sharing of this data with leading...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2004

Authors: Sharmila Singh, Debraj Dasgupta

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

February 22, 2004

The role of virtual shopper research in category management

This presentation describes recent attempts to use virtual reality components for studying market effects of new category management-driven initiatives in retail settings. Virtual shopping systems today offer intriguing opportunities for a flexible...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference on Retailing/Category Management 2003

Authors: Thomas Kopf, Bernhard Treiber

October 26, 2003

Global marketing research to support global marketing

Many pharmaceutical companies, particularly those in the United States, 'went global' in the 1990s - yet most of them have failed to prosper from this endeavor. What went wrong? And what did the winners do right? This paper outlines the key forces at...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Lisa Rayder, Charlotte E. Sibley

September 14, 2003

Targeting doctors in the Middle East - Is it just a mirage?

This paper will review the segmentation, classification and targeting of doctors within the context of overall promotional activity in the Middle East. Using Saudi Arabia as a specific example, it will discuss current methods and examine their...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Healthcare Conference 2003

Author: Jim Ryan

February 23, 2003

Using physicians to provide a patient needs-based segmentation

This paper describes how to segment a patient market for pharmaceutical products 'through the eyes of physicians.' Using an innovative card sorting technique, physicians can rate emotional, clinical and lifestyle-related needs of a group of real...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Healthcare Conference 2003

Author: Kelly Sterk

February 23, 2003

Medical communications, consumers, and the Internet

This paper shows how the medical marketer can understand the current market and jumpstart creativity through a deconstruction exercise, followed by conjoint measurement that identifies strengths and weaknesses of the deconstructed elements....

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Healthcare Conference 2003

Authors: Risa Asami, Tina Hjelleset, Howard R. Moskowitz, Laurent Florès

Company: Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.

February 23, 2003

Medical professionals are no relatives of Mr. Spock

This paper addresses the need for an in-depth understanding of medical practitioners and the different profiles that can be detected among them. We will also see how we can get in touch with the deeper motivations that are the real drives behind...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Healthcare Conference 2003

Author: Madeleine Janssens

February 23, 2003

The state of the art in market segmentation in healthcare

The authors argue that the need to segment markets in the healthcare business has never been greater. In their constant struggle to find new, more powerful sales and marketing techniques, pharmaceutical marketers have seriously turned their attention...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Healthcare Conference 2003

Authors: Howard Ziment, John Tapper

February 23, 2003