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Integrating qualitative research and futurism

This paper shows how the techniques of the futurist can be used to add value and insight to the marketing research process. The paper illustrates how approaches such as 'the report in the future' and 'Scenario Spinning' can be utilized in the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Qualitative Ascending Conference 2002

Author: Ray Poynter

Company: The Future Place

November 10, 2002

Ma'am, the colours are served

This paper applies the Way of Taoism to collages and colours as a means of explaining them, not as fixed entities but within the movement that stems from their interrelationship. A profile of a person/colour/consumer can be produced and used as a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Qualitative Ascending Conference 2002

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

November 10, 2002

Constant surveillance

This paper focuses on aspects of Qualitative Research, where it has played the role of Sherlock Holmes to dig deep into consumer context and generated options to crack barriers and deliver new insights.It is based on the premise that Qualitative...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Qualitative Ascending Conference 2002

Authors: Neerja Wable, Sharmila Das, Anand Verdhan Sinha, Harjyoti Ghai

Company: IMRB International

November 10, 2002

Life cycle, objective and subjective living standards and life satisfaction

This presentation introduces new types of composite measures of living conditions, more precisely 'Inversely Proportional Index of Wealth' (IPIW) and 'Inversely Proportional Index of Life Satisfaction' (IPILS).They are constructed on the assumption...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Public Sector Social Research 2004

Author: Krzysztof Zagorski

May 9, 2004

Alice through the looking glass

The author of this paper utilizes the Tao Collage decoding system, which applies Taoist conceptual thinking to a semiotic framework, to provide a glimpse of how qualitative researchers viewed the future.

Catalogue: Qualitative 2005

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

November 13, 2005

Unusual research for unusual advertising

A striking new advertising campaign was produced for Benson & Hedges in France. Seven advertisements were prepared, and research was needed to establish, first, whether this campaign projected the image desired for the brand, and if so whether it was...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Monograph Series Vol.2: Qualitative Research- The 'New', The 'Old' And A Question Mark

Authors: Colin Pendry, Margaret Holmes

January 1, 1987

You can't judge a book by its cover!

This paper proposes a new research technique to resolve the issue of severe acquiescence bias seen in the Middle East. It identifies the factors responsible for this problem and investigates the role played by specific aspects related to social...

Catalogue: Congress 2008: Frontiers

Authors: Arun Joshi, Sagar Tamang, Himanshu Vashisthaz

Company: Nielsen

September 26, 2008

Semiotics of taste

The traditional role of consumer research in the food and flavor industry focuses primarily on new concept creation and product development, as well as product testing. In this paper, we study how semiotics can be applied during the preliminary stage...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2010: Foresight on Moods and Thoughts

Authors: Nadège Depeux, Vladimir Djurovic

Company: Labbrand

November 18, 2010

The Karma of give & take

Powerful forces of culture can impact the adoption of the modern notion of e-commerce. In India, myths that date back a thousand years still affect the psyche in relation to e-commerce. It would be misleading to assume that the trajectory of...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2015: Creative! Collaborative! Cool!

Authors: Raji Bonala, Abhijit Patnaik, Misha Mathew

November 18, 2015