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In 2030 the best market researcher in the organisation will be the CEO!

The audience will journey to what market research will look like in 2030. For a selected number of years between 2012 and 2030, a particular development taking market intelligence to its new level is described. The fundamental shift in the market...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: David Smith, Elisabetta Osta

Company: DVL Smith Ltd

September 13, 2012

Who's afraid of opinion polls?

This is a true story about a pollster and a public policy advisor, who in a small project in the Fiji Islands put public opinion polling at the forefront of public debate at an international level. The project finally gave the people of Fiji a voice....

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Jenny Hayward-Jones, Caz Tebbutt

September 13, 2012

From Rio to the rest of the world

As economies like Brazil emerge, a seismic shift is taking place in the marketing budgets of global brands, out of developed markets and into those rapidly increasing in wealth and influence. What does this mean for market research? The...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Ana Alvarez, Fiona Blades

Companies: PepsiCo, MESH Experience

September 13, 2012

Market research challenges in emerging economies

The challenge of market research is perhaps greatest in countries where it becomes nearly impossible to complete any daily polls due to conditions of social inequality, violence as an historical constant and inefficient transportation and...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Catalina Mejia Rozo, Helga Mora Santamaría

Company: YanHaas S.A.

September 13, 2012

Beneath the surface

Two questions periodically arise in our industry: how do brands really grow and why don't the best always win? Every time our industry thinks that we have the answers nailed down, someone comes along and undermines the collective consensus. We are...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Kyle Findlay, Constantin Michael, Jan Hofmeyr

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

September 13, 2012

Dimensions of online survey data quality

Several recent research articles explore the impact of panel sourcing on speeding, fraudulent respondents, and participant engagement. A large number of studies have explored differential cross- cultural responses to survey design and its effect on...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Mitch Eggers, Jon Puleston

Company: GMI (Global Market Insite)

September 13, 2012

Focus on the flow of enthusiasm

Superpromoters are clients who share their enthusiasm about particular products, brands and companies and influence other people by doing so. The theory urges companies to focus more on the enthusiasm of these customers. In 2011, Blauw conducted a...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: Rijn Vogelaar, Arne van de Wijdeven

Companies: Philips International, Blauw Research

September 13, 2012

Research without borders

Our role is to shape decision-making. In large multinationals, the global structure of the marketing organization largely determines whom we get to influence. Evolving structures further complicate or limit our role. However, the researcher is...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Authors: C. Frederic John, Liz Moore, Anna Mariano

Companies: MasterCard, Chrysalis Partners

September 13, 2012

The history of men's underwear

When you got up this morning did you really think about what specific pair of underwear you put on? Sure, now I am asking you can think of good pragmatic reasons. But have you really thought about why the underwear in your drawer got there. Marketers...

Catalogue: Congress 2012: Accelerating Excellence

Author: Dave McCaughan

September 13, 2012