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Competitive advertising effectiveness

The papers describes the techniques used, both in medical and in other fields. It shows how advertising effectiveness can be related to advertising expenditure on a time series basis, so that strategic action can be taken to deal with competitive...

Catalogue: EPHMRA/ESOMAR Seminar 1985: Pharmaceutical Competitor Analysis

Author: Peter J. Hayes

February 27, 1985

Choosing the right product

Market research has developed several tools for selecting the optimal combination of product features. One of the methods which has become fairly popular within the last years is the "Trade-Off Model". With this method, utility indices are computed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: New Product Development

Authors: Detlef Baur, Jürgen Doeblin

November 2, 1983

Evaluation of the differential fares policy contemplated for the "T.G.V" (very fast train) service in France

In the public transport sector, more than in most others, all the operators are faced by the problem of variations in the level of demand, giving rise in particular to peak traffic periods, with which they must deal as efficiently as possible whilst...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1981: Research For Profitability

Authors: Jean-Claude Giblin, Jean-Louis Laborie

August 23, 1981

Evaluation of the differential fares policy contemplated for the "T.G.V" (very fast train) service in France (French)

In the public transport sector, more than in most others, all the operators are faced by the problem of variations in the level of demand, giving rise in particular to peak traffic periods, with which they must deal as efficiently as possible whilst...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1981: Research For Profitability

Authors: Jean-Claude Giblin, Jean-Louis Laborie

August 23, 1981

Scenario development for corporate planning

The term “scenario” is familiar to those involved in forecasting, but too few people are aware of what exactly a scenario is, or how it can best be developed and applied. The author describes a method developed over several years in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Christine A. Ralph MacNulty

June 18, 1980

Response to magazine and television advertising

A small-scale UK survey among leading advertisers and agencies to find out what research they conduct to evaluate their advertising campaigns is reported upon. The amount of such work was found to be surprisingly high but the amount of effort devoted...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: The Business Of Advertising

Author: Alan Smith

June 14, 1978

An evaluation of the use made of evaluation research in a national tourist board

The paper argues that this research, as well as providing a necessary check on the Board's marketing performance, should provide useful guidance to the creation of future marketing. In order to assess the extent to which such research has proved so...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Rodney A. Oliver

June 15, 1977

Utilization of the Nielsen panel for evaluation of promotions

In starting to write this paper, I had some doubts: "Should I really talk to an Assembly of Researchers and Professionals of the Promotion about distribution checks, consumer sales and other basic items?" A short review of a few dozens of promotion...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: Pierre Strauch

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1976

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a drug counselling training program

The drug abuse has become one of the major problems of the nation, and as a response to increased demand for programs and experts to meet treatment and preventive needs. As part of these efforts the National Institute of Mental Health has been...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Katherin Marton

August 1, 1975