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European attitudes to energy and oil companies

Esso Europe carried out a major multi-national survey involving a total of 14000 interviews in two waves covering seven countries. The objective of the study was to assess public attitudes in the following broad areas:-Present and future energy...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1983: Demonstrating The Contribution Of Research

Authors: Roger Sargood, David Lowe-Watson

Company: ESSO

June 15, 1983

The British motorist and the oil crisis

This paper describes how motorists in the United Kingdom reacted to a series of events following the Arabs-Israeli war of 1973. These events include petrol shortages, both threatened and actual, appeals to save fuel in the national interest, both...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: David Lowe-Watson

August 1, 1975

The role of market research in the Esso-Cleveland integration

This paper describes the contribution of market research to the work of a multi-brand study group set up by Esso Petroleum in the U.K. to find an answer to the questions: How many brands does Esso need in the U.K.? At which market segments should...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Author: David Lowe-Watson

Company: ESSO

September 1, 1974

Changes in market segmentation over time

In the type of segmentation referred to in this paper, which is generally termed 'cluster analysis', we analyse the data by a number of characteristics simultaneously, instead of sequentially as described above. The type of cluster analysis described...

Catalogue: Seminar 1972: Segmentation And Typology

Authors: Wendy M. Grosse, David Lowe-Watson

Company: ESSO

June 15, 1972

The role of market research in relation to the changing structure of the UK motoring market

This paper outlines the changes in the U.K. motoring market over the last ten years or so and shows how these changes have been reflected in the type of market research undertaken and the level of activity.

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1972: Marketing In A Changing World

Author: David Lowe-Watson

Company: ESSO

June 15, 1972

The contribution of research to the planning, budgeting and evaluation of below-the-line activity

In this paper I propose to outline briefly some underlying factors leading to the growth of below-the-line activity, to describe the marketing functions performed by different types of promotional activity, and to suggest a rational approach to the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1971: Below-The-Line Activities

Author: David Lowe-Watson

Company: ESSO

June 15, 1971

Some applications of operational research to the problem of advertising

Management decision in the field of advertising is typically concerned with problems such as the size of the advertising budget, how the outlay should he distributed over time and within regions, what type of messages should be used and what media...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Yearbook 1963-1964

Author: David Lowe-Watson

June 15, 1964

The use of models and simulation techniques in the interpretation of market research data

In this paper I propose to make some suggestions for the use of models and simulation techniques, similar to those employed by operational research workers in industry, as a means of reproducing patterns of past behaviour and of predicting patterns...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1961: Marketing And Sociological Research In The Future

Author: David Lowe-Watson

June 15, 1961

Group discussion on "Distribution research" and "Motivation research on the channels of distribution"

Group discussion on the papers "Distribution research" and "Motivation research on the channels of distribution" by Mr. de Vos and Mr. Deutsch.

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 1960

Authors: A. B. de Vos, Emeric Deutsch, J. Ax, Bertil Neuman, David H. Pickard, M. B. Tarrant, David Lowe-Watson, C. F. A. Waterman

June 15, 1960