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Know thy customer

In November 1993 TV I launched South Africa’s first time budget diary. Faced with the impending deregulation of South African broadcasting, the need was felt to investigate the available television audience (in TV l’s target market), and...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Author: Helen van der Walt

May 1, 1994

Towards harmonization of TV audience measurement

This paper sets out to summarise and to invite comment and criticism of the recently published 2nd edition of the EBU guidelines "Towards Harmonization of Television Audience Measurement Systems". It has been a collaborative venture involving...

Catalogue: ESORMAR/ARF Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research 1994

Authors: Toby Syfret, Peter Menneer

May 1, 1994

Sampling Jordan

Several common problems in designing and evaluating nationally representative sampling frames for countries in the Middle East are identified, with Jordan being used as a case study. Due to the absence of reliable information on several key...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/MERF/IAA Conference 1994: Challenges And Opportunities For Research In The Middle East

Author: Mark Eggerman

Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

January 1, 1994

How computer aided design and presentation of concepts speeds up the product development process

This paper presents a new technology, IdeaMap, designed to accomplish 4 objectives: a) Significantly increase the scope of elements that one can investigate to build improved concepts, b) Improve the speed at which the consumer data is analyzed and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1993: The Many Faces of Quality Now And In Future

Authors: Derek C. Martin, Howard R. Moskowitz

Company: Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.

September 1, 1993

From building brands to building businesses

This paper examines the relevance of market research as a discipline to the area of business strategy; and makes the case that market research can contribute significantly, not just in the area of building brands but in the area of building...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1993: The Many Faces of Quality Now And In Future

Authors: Arun Adhikari, Titoo Ahluwalia, Rama Bijapurkar

September 1, 1993

The creativity factor as an important variable in the understanding of campaign effect

This paper is of interest to researchers and marketers involved in communication strategy - from the development of creative ideas to media planning and tracking: The ultimate goal of the study described in this paper is to demonstrate the value of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1993: The Many Faces of Quality Now And In Future

Authors: Lene Hansen, Lorenz C. Andersen

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1993

The contribution of strategic market research to the development of successful brand and communication strategies

The marketing world is changing faster than ever. Complexity and instability are growing rapidly: markets are fragmenting, consumers get more and more pretentious and unpredictable, traditional marketing strategies seem to be without effect Therefore...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1993: The Many Faces of Quality Now And In Future

Author: Uwe Munzinger

September 1, 1993

Why the drive for quality?

In this paper we seek to show that the market research industry in the UK has had two distinct phases in which it has thought very hard about quality. These phases can be linked with different aspects of product performance as described by Levitt's...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1993: The Many Faces of Quality Now And In Future

Authors: Martin Callingham, Greg Smith

Company: Whitbread

September 1, 1993

The assessment of communication quality

The present article starts with a discussion of the definition problems concerning the concept of communication quality. The conclusion is that communication quality is not an unequivocal concept, and it is argued why the criterion should be found in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1993: The Many Faces of Quality Now And In Future

Author: Theo B.C. Polesz

September 1, 1993