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To be or not to be durable

The Consumer Electronics Industry has worldwide arrived at a phase of reconditioning. Both manufacturers, consumers and the intermediate trade are confronted with Shakespeare's intriguing question mark: "To Be Or Not To Be?". Who will survive? There...

Catalogue: Papers 1992: How To Endure In The Durables Industry?

Author: Nico van der Zanden

Company: Philips International

June 15, 1992

Quality of exposure

The paper is divided into two parts. First, recent changes with regard to the Spanish TV offer are briefly discussed, outlining the evolution from a public monopoly with only two channels of national coverage to the current situation, in which the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Worldwide Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1992

Author: Enrique Domingo de Bias

June 15, 1992

Small business banking

The paper argues that the small business market is a key sector for banks, providing the future base for the important corporate middle market and that there are opportunities for hunks to increase their business profitability in this sector while at...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Banking And Insurance- Pressure On Profits, Pressure On Research

Author: Mervyn Flack

June 15, 1992

Meeting media data needs in the age of the Europlanner

The first part of this paper is concerned to describe the changes that are taking place in the organisational structure of companies operating across Europe. These changes give rise to the central control of marketing and communication resources, and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Media Research Meets The Future

Author: Peter Masson

Company: Bucknull & Masson

June 15, 1992

Taking a fresh look at old markets

Societies all over the world are changing at a rate faster than ever before, affecting virtually all levels of social, political, and economic life. Markets are going through similar processes, moving increasingly from mass products to products...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF/JMA Conference 1992: Marketing And Research Under A "New World Order"

Authors: Norbert Homma, Alain de Vulpian

June 15, 1992

Consumers' environmental concern: Are we really tapping true concern that relates to environmentally ethic behaviour?

In this paper we will present some results of several studies carried out in Denmark in which different versions of an indicator for environmental concern were used. These results allow to analyse the relationships between different aspects of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF/JMA Conference 1992: Marketing And Research Under A "New World Order"

Authors: Suzanne C. Grunert, Nils Röhme

June 15, 1992

Car dealer survival strategies

Car dealers depend on three main sources of income: the sale of new cars, used cars and of service and parts. They face major challenges in all three, possibly to an extent that threatens the very structure of the industry. In this paper, we review...

Catalogue: ESOMAR International Automotive Marketing Conference 1992

Author: Jonathan Brown

June 15, 1992

Analysis of retail audit data with expertise systems

The present service of market research institutes constists of providing extensive reports and charts for their clients on a periodical basis. The corresponding market research department within the client's company as well as the market researcher...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Do New Technologies Help Or Hinder Marketing Decisions?

Authors: Oliver Beys, Stefan Müller

Company: GfK

June 15, 1992

Behind the Farm Gate

The statement, "farming costs are increasing, while profits are declining" is a cry familiar to almost everybody commercially associated with agriculture, but maybe not so familiar to the non-commercial associates of agriculture. Our opening slide...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: European Agriculture In Transition

Authors: Valerie Prout, David J. Corbett

June 15, 1992