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Explaining why consumers behave as they do, globally, with implicit models

Implicit Theory principally addresses the marketer’s need for diagnostic problem-solving. It explains why people behave as they do, at different times in different situations on different occasions, in order to satisfy different need states....

Catalogue: New Monograph Series Vol.8: International Marketing Research

Author: Peter Sampson

September 1, 1999

The debate continues but the emphasis is more about 'quality'

The Monograph will try to explain what is meant by 'quality' and how it may be achieved and improved upon. Its contributors argue that to achieve real quality requires discipline - in the design, execution, analysis, interpretation and presentation...

Catalogue: New Monograph Series Vol.4: Qualitative Research

Author: Peter Sampson

January 1, 1998

Qualitative research in theory and practice

This paper has two parts. The first deals with the theory of qualitative research and is based upon an earlier paper in the 1987 Monograph on Qualitative Research published by ESOMAR. The second part is based on two further papers, one in the same...

Catalogue: New Monograph Series Vol.4: Qualitative Research

Author: Peter Sampson

January 1, 1998

Brand stretching

The subject of brand extensions is looked at and, in particular, the idea of 'brand stretching', in order to answer the question, "How far can a mother brand stretch, by extending itself within and across brand categories and sub-categories?" The...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Authors: Yaman Akalin, Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

September 1, 1996

Engineering a motor car that someone really wants to buy

From the standpoint of engineering (or designing) products, the case is argued for a marketing research approach that: identifies the key needs of different target groups and sets out to match them and satisfy them, within the product offer itself,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Successful Product Engineering

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1995

Let's take a new look at brand image measurement

The measurement and monitoring of brand image is a major requirement of marketing management and a major preoccupation among market researchers. It has been for almost fifty years. The ways in which brand image is measured have not changed much in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1994: Success Through Adaptation

Author: Peter Sampson

Companies: Burke, Inc.,

September 1, 1994

Dynamic segmentation

The paper looks at traditional ways of segmenting consumers and suggests that, with increasingly complex markets and with changing patterns of consumer behaviour, they are inadequate. A new approach to segmentation 'modal' or 'dynamic' segmentation...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: Building Successful Brands

Authors: Brian Hooper, Hans-Erik Anderssen, Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1994

Qualitative research, quantitative research, interaction, integration and linkage

The paper suggests qualitative research is due for a reappraisal and this should take place in a broad context that considers both qualitative and quantitative research. It discusses qualitative/quantitative distinction and a two-level, six- category...

Catalogue: Qualitative Research 1993: A Critical Review Of Methods And Applications

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1993

People are people the world over

The paper argues that: (I) A successful market segmentation study requires the application of structure and a proper integration of qualitative and quantitative research. Also, that the prime emphasis should be on actionability. (II) Lifestyle and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF/JMA Conference 1992: Marketing And Research Under A "New World Order"

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1992