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The role of research in strategic planning for a multi-national pharmaceutical company

The main aim of this paper is to focus on the role of research in strategic planning for a drug company, taking a particular programme of surveys amongst doctors as an example of the contribution which research can make.

Catalogue: AMA/JMRA/JMA/ESOMAR Conference 1983: Strategic Planning

Author: David S. Mitchell

June 15, 1983

Reliability and sensitivity of research surveys

Elements of the design and operation of large scale surveys introduce sources of error not adequately dealt with in normal textbook formulae. Nevertheless, it is often possible by comparing the results of replicated surveys to arrive at objective and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1983: Demonstrating The Contribution Of Research

Author: Norman L. Webb

Company: Gallup International Association

June 15, 1983

Evaluating tourism at a 'last frontier'

This paper describes the first comprehensive survey of travel conducted in the Northern Territory of Australia. As with many countries with small populations but many features of national and historical interest to travellers, tourism is very...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: The importance Of Research In The Tourism Industry

Authors: David T. Bottomley, George Rennie

June 15, 1983

Alternative behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany Potential and trends (German)

In 1981 STERN magazine released the survey "LEBENSZIELE - Potentiale und Trends alternativen Verhaltens" (Aims in Life - The Potential of and Trends in Alternative Behaviour), the first complex representative analysis of "alternative" movements among...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1982: Fitting Research To Turbulent Times

Author: Ortrun Venth

June 15, 1982

The current state of methodological developments in the multivariate analysis of surveys

The paper considers the current state of multivariate analysis when the data available only take the form of binary and classified variables. This restriction has meant that researchers have had to develop new techniques to deal with problems of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1982: Classifying Consumers

Author: Paul Harris

June 15, 1982

Up-market target groups (UTG): Competencies- consumption-communication

STERN here with presents the study "Up-Market Target Groups UTG (Gehobene Zielgruppen)" in which the attitudes and behaviour of West German senior executives in industry and administration are analysed. Around 3 million members of the West German...

Catalogue: Seminar 1982: Improving Media Research

Authors: Marianne Wagner, Jörg Laufer

June 15, 1982

The role of survey research and scenario development

This paper is based on one method of prediction: namely scenarios derived from indirect inference of survey results. Scenarios are a useful perspective within which the complex inter-relationships between the environment, individual business goals,...

Catalogue: Papers 1982: Social Research And Prediction

Author: Elizabeth H. Nelson

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1982

Highlights of international reaction and attitude programs

One of the commitments of Citicorp is to provide the climate and resources that will enable all staff members to advance on merit as far as their talents and skills will take them. This is part of the Citicorp approach to concern for individual staff...

Catalogue: EFMA/ESOMAR Seminar 1982: How Research Can Help Financial Organisations Communicate Internally And Externally

Author: CITICORP B.V.

June 15, 1982

Alternative behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany Potential and trends

In 1981 STERN magazine released the survey "LEBENSZIELE - Potentiale und Trends alternativen Verhaltens" (Aims in Life - The Potential of and Trends in Alternative Behaviour), the first complex representative analysis of "alternative" movements among...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1982: Fitting Research To Turbulent Times

Author: Ortrun Venth

June 15, 1982