Resources Library by ANA

From the bottom of the heart!

Homo sapiens' first attempts at passing information through time took the form of paintings. In India emotions speak louder than words. Words hold less meaning in such a culture and fewer ideas can be communicated or elicited through them alone. If...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Jaisy Desai, Akash Sahu, Michael Sack

Company: Ipsos MRBI

September 13, 2012

Mergers in a changing market research world

Most of us will experience a merger or acquisition at some point in our careers, but many fail to produce the hoped-for benefits. Studies indicate that over half of public acquisitions end up reducing the value of the companies involved. Mergers are...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Author: Michael Mitrano

Company: Transition Strategies Corporation

September 13, 2012

Money talks

This presentation illustrates how storytelling can unlock more transformational insight in an industry characterized by inflexibility, complexity and challenging relationships between brands and consumers and elevate beyond the very rational, logical...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Esther Garland, Riki Neill, Henrietta De Souza

Company: Face

September 13, 2012

What's a nice insight like you doing in a concept like this?

Great consumer insights can inspire powerful product ideas, which in turn should be transformed into winning concepts. And yet, as marketers increase their expertise at uncovering insights and truly understanding their consumers' needs, there is a...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Lee Markowitz, Barbara Garau, Lourdes Alvarez-Chavarria

Company: Ipsos MRBI

September 13, 2012

Creators in their own 'write'

In 2011, Meredith Corporation wanted to invigorate and transform The Ladies' Home Journal to reach a younger and broader audience. They came up with an innovative idea: allow readers to produce the majority of its articles. Meredith turned to their...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Britta C. Ware, Manila Austin

Company: Communispace Corporation

September 13, 2012

Website versus traditional survey comments

A plethora of general and industry-specific websites make it possible for consumers to share their experiences, often in the form of ratings and open-ended comments very similar to those captured via traditional customer service and satisfaction...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Randall Brandt, Michael House

Company: Maritz Research

September 13, 2012

Measuring emotions through a mobile device across borders, ages, genders and more

Mobile is a valid and useful tool to capture consumer insight. Using mobile, we can reach into most any nook and cranny of the world. More than just traditional research, we can use a mobile device to deliver rich media. We can also capture emotional...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Rolfe Swinton, Rana El Kaliouby

September 13, 2012

Babyface: Reading nonverbal cues to measure infants' acceptance of food products

Since infants cannot use scales to indicate how much they like something, mothers must use non-verbal cues to infer product acceptance or rejection. As an alternative to an expensive central location test with mother-infant dyads, we used mothers'...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Lauren Yourshaw, Payal Kondisetty, Ashley Gabel, Amy Elkes, Kelly Sheahan

Company: Blueberry

September 13, 2012

Why social commerce engines will power next-gen market research

The maturation of online social commerce has opened the door to a new type of market research. This new form is rooted in the fluid world of social engagement, where customer product experience proves as challenging to MR as the transition from...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: R. Scott Evans, Erin Defossé

Company: Bazaarvoice

September 13, 2012