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Is there a future for 'real' qualitative market research interviewing in the digital age?

Qualitative market research interviewing (qMRi) used to be about exploring respondents' innermost feelings in the framework of Freudian psychology. More recently qMRi has become more of a process and less of a craft. We tend now to ask people for...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Neil McPhee

September 15, 2010

Beleza natural

Few studies address the precarious course that might be encountered when entrepreneurs originating in the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) try to grow their businesses by transcending their class-of-origin and strike into mass or even luxury markets. In...

Catalogue: Latin America 2010: The Innovation Journey

Authors: Leticia Moreira Casotti, Maribel Carvalho Suarez, Hy Mariampolski

Company: QualiData Research Inc.

May 21, 2010

"Me to We Research": Digital characters

Me-to-We research challenges a central piece of market research dogma, namely, that practitioners should only ask people about their own motivations, actions and future behaviour. In 'We' research we never ask people about themselves, only what...

Catalogue: Latin America 2010: The Innovation Journey

Authors: Mark Earls, John Kearon

Company: BrainJuicer

May 21, 2010

Relevant pieces to the Chinese media puzzle

This paper will offer a unique view of the Chinese media marketplace, that of the Chinese retail consumer. We present data from a 2009 study of 7,000+ Chinese consumers, age 18 to 34, who have reported on what media they use, i.e., consume, not what...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2010: Eyes on Asia

Authors: Don E. Schultz, Martin P. Block

April 20, 2010

Recognizing hidden factors in healthcare innovation

In designing for an environment as multi-faceted as an operating room, with its complexity of teambased roles and protocols, mixture of high and low-tech, and spatial and ergonomic challenges, a comprehensive picture of hidden factors and needs often...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2010: Trends And Innovation Booster

Author: Laura Lee

March 3, 2010

Against all odds!

The challenge of establishing a leading brand in terms of market share and pharmacist recommendation in the OTC segment of pain relievers proves to be the ultimate task for marketing and market research: the coping strategies of sufferers seemed too...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2010: Trends And Innovation Booster

Authors: Dirk Frank, Marcus Neureiter

Company: GSK

March 3, 2010

What women want

This presentation emphasizes the usefulness of narrative research in marketing, vividly illustrated by insights in women's perspectives on advertising. A new software application (SenseMaker), which brings narrative research to a higher level, is...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2009: The Evolving Human

Authors: Annelies Jansen, Wieke van der Borg

Company: Ferro Explore!

November 19, 2009

Even better than the real thing

The definition of 'brand authenticity' is dominated by components such as: origin, history and heritage of a brand. Levi Strauss & Co., the inventor of denim jeans, was interested in updating their view on authenticity in the current postmodern...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2009: The Evolving Human

Authors: Dirk van Kemseke, Tom De Ruyck

Companies: InSites Consulting, Levi Strauss & Co.

November 19, 2009

Deeply understanding the mind to unmask the inner human

Developing successful marketing strategies requires the unmasking of the inner human using appropriate methodologies. This requires an understanding of how the mind works, how humans process information and make decisions. Many misconceptions in this...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2009: The Evolving Human

Author: Katja Bressette

November 19, 2009