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Sowing the seeds of a rich harves: Research's contribution to the profit equation

This paper establishes the relevance and need of an appropriate pricing construct (not price per se) in driving the profit growth and illustrates how research feeds into the construct. The same would be explained with the help of a case study in a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Indranil Sen, Sunando Das

September 14, 2003

Using qualitative research to assist a B2B client's commercialisation strategy

This paper examines the requirements for and issues occurring in designing and conducting research in a B2B (non-fast moving consumer goods) environment, and for non-researchers, on an international and qualitative research project. It examines the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Conference 2001: The Business Value Of Emotional Intelligence

Author: Neil McPhee

Company: MSS Research

October 28, 2001

The future of dynamic eMarketplaces in Asia Pacific

This paper addresses the eBusiness marketplace in Asia Pacific in the latter half of 2000, with a focus on long-term return on equity models. The dot.com hype through April of this year was a distraction for real businesses needing to understand that...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2000: Redefining Business In Asia Pacific

Author: Lane Leskela

November 1, 2000

Business-to-business research

In the following paper we will touch on some important aspects of business-to-business research, highlighting in brief the key differential points vis-&-vis consumer research. The focus will be on the specific problems and requirements of research in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Walter Lulay

September 1, 1998

What is in it for me?

The willingness of potential respondents to participate in surveys is obviously a major concern for the market research industry not only in relation to individuals acting in a private capacity but equally in the business-to-business market where...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Karen Riddell

September 1, 1998

Branding in business-to-business markets

Since the early nineties brand management has become a very topical issue (Leuthesser 1988 Aaker 1991 Kapferer 1993 Dimitriadis 1994). However researchers' attention has been mostly focused on mass consumer brands. Industrial branding is one of the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: Building Successful Brands

Authors: Serge Dimitriadis, Jean Bidault

June 15, 1994

A new macro-level segmentation model for business-to-business marketing

In consumer markets, marketers and researchers have traditionally used demographics (sex, lifecycle, income, socio-economic class) to segment markets. Other segmentation bases have been proposed and used (psychographics, values), but "demographics"...

Catalogue: B2B Marketing Seminar 1994: Reengineering Of Traditional Market Research

Author: Geoff Alford

June 15, 1994

The dialogue wheel

This paper serves as an introduction to the use of a comprehensive model for managers engaged with direct marketing and the use of market systems in B-t-B marketing. The DialogueWheel was first presented to six Scandinavian companies and has been...

Catalogue: B2B Marketing Seminar 1994: Reengineering Of Traditional Market Research

Author: Gorm Kunøe

June 15, 1994

The relationship between primary producers and the processing sector

This paper employs a business-to-business relationship marketing perspective to investigating and quantifying the relationship between Australian grain growers and an agribusiness food processing firm. The next section provides the conceptual...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: From Farmer To Consumer

Author: Michael O'Keeffe

June 15, 1994