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The changing scene in international pharmaceutical marketing research

Because of fundamental changes in the nature of pharmaceutical marketing, there has been a considerable increase in the demand for pharmaceutical market research. There is now: increasing competition, increasing need for marketing skills and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1981: International Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

Author: Clifford H. Jellett

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

September 1, 1981

Direct access panel

This paper highlights the lack of attention that has been given to the interviewing process for the past two decades; and describes the kind of problems that arise continually under current interviewing procedures. The results of a survey of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1980: Taking Stock

Authors: John Clemens, Colin Day, Debbie Walter

Company: Marplan Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

September 1, 1980

Recognition versus recency

Through-the-Book and Recent Reading are the current ‘hot potatoes’ in media research and we constantly see them being thrown from hand to hand. This chapter attempts to show the advantages and disadvantages of both TTB and RR. In doing so,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Monograph Series Vol.3: Print Media Research

Author: Rolf Speetzen

June 15, 1980

Services preceding and completing advertising research

This short and early paper begins this book for two reasons. First, it sets out clearly the correct and productive relationship between the scrupulous and concerned researcher and the decision maker. Second, it shows the way an apparently simple...

Catalogue: Market Researchers Look At Advertising: A Collection of ESOMAR papers 1949-1979

Author: Börje Lindberg

January 1, 1980

The market map

In the paper I will describe the theories behind and the techniques of the market map, but the presentation of the technique (simple as it is) is not in itself the reason for writing this paper. The interesting point is that the market map is based...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: The Business Of Advertising

Author: Are Kvaerk

June 1, 1978

Theoretical perfectionism in social research

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theme "To what extent are there techniques which are specific to market research and to what extent are there techniques specific to 'social research'? What are the similarities and what are the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Simon J. Orton, Philip Crofts

December 1, 1977

Research techniques as an aid to public participation in local government

Britain has been committed to public participation in Local Government planning since 1968. Few people were surprised by the initial reluctance of the British public to make use of their new statutory right to participate. However, ten years later,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: John O'Brien

December 1, 1977

Social research and market research

Market research is social research. If it is not - and every time it is not - social research it is not even "research", in that it cannot claim objectivity nor truth. In the past this has often been forgotten and has led to poor research. We have...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Carlo Erminero

Company: Demoskopea

December 1, 1977

Similarities and differences between marketing research and social research

In this paper we want to point out a number of characteristics of the marketing-research-machinery one has to take into consideration when applying this kind of research to another field. On the other hand we try to make an inventory and a comparison...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Pieter van Schravendijk

December 1, 1977