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Solving the problems of observational research

As a contribution to the growing discussion of ethnographic and observational approaches in market research, this paper takes up the issue of tactical decision making in implementing these projects. Clients tend to ask tactical questions first, when...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF/JMA Conference 1997: Fit for the global future?

Author: Hy Mariampolski

Company: QualiData Research Inc.

June 15, 1997

Where does the magazine finish and the reader start?

This paper will focus on the results of an ethnographic study, including a sample of women’s magazine readers. Ethnographic studies are a qualitative and in-depth approach, in which research analysts go through a period of close contact with the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: New Challenges And Opportunities For The Publishing Industry

Authors: Jaime Troiano, Lidice Salgot

June 15, 1997

Relationship marketing competencies in the UK advertising industry

Relationship marketing provides an effective paradigm for analysing client/advertising agency relationships. A quasi-ethnograpic approach was utilised to select an appropriate visual model for evolving a survey tool. Agencies were rated highly for...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/EMAC Symposium 1996: Research Methodologies For 'The New Marketing'

Authors: Ian Chaston, Jonathon Lace, Terry Mangles

November 1, 1996

Understanding from within

Many consumer and marketing research techniques have been adopted from other disciplines ranging from statistics to demography, from social sciences to studies in communication theories and economics. Yet a holistic approach, like ethnography, has...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Authors: Debi Prokash Basu, Dipesh Chakrabarty

September 1, 1996

Inspiring details

This paper starts with a discussion of the overlapping domains of anthropological study and market research, pointing out the fundamental role culture plays in shaping brands. It then explores the uses of anthropological theory and ethnographic...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Looking Through The Kaleidoscope

Author: Rita Denny

Company: The B/R/S Group, Inc.

December 1, 1995