Chap 2-Marketing Research
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| Marketing Research | Systematic process of planning, collecting, analysing, and communicating information relevant to making better decisions.
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| Four primary activities of marketing research | situation analysis, strategy development, marketing plan development, monitoring plans' performance after implementation
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| Situation analysis | Examines the changes in economy, technology, buying behaviors, legal/political env., size of markets, growth, brand loyalty, competition.
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| Strategy development | Questions addressed by marketing research such as What business should we be in? How to compete? What are the goals for the business?
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| Marketing Plan development | Focuses on how the elements of the marketing mix can be most effectively used + market segmentation, product differentation and positioning, target market selection.
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| Monitoring the Performance | Following the implementation of a plan, it requires the collection of quantitative or qualitative information (sales, customer satisfaction, brand switching).
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| Marketing research process | Designed to yield relaible and objective answers to specific marketing questions.
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| Steps of the marketing research | Research objectives, research type, research approach, data collection method, analyse results, report findings.
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| Exploratory research type | Identify problems or hypotheses.
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| Descriptive research type | Information about existing market conditions.
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| Causal research type | Identify cause and effect relationships.
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| Qualitative research approach | Observation, in-depth interviews, focus groups.
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| Quantitave research approach | Experiments, questionnaires.
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| Research Design | Specify the plan for collecting and analysing data. (nature of data, procedures used, population studied)
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| Sampling | Process of gathering data from a selected subgroup chosen from the population of interest.
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| Probability Samples | Select persons from the designated population at random.
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| Non-probability samples | Non random samples.
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| Primary data | Information collected specifically for the current research study. "new" information
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| Secondary data | Information that has already been collected for reasons not directly related to the current study. (internal if from company, external if published)
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| Survey research | Means of systematically acquiring information from individuals by communicating directly with them.
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| Focus group research | In-person data collection (one interviewer with five to ten persons at the same time).
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| Observation | Unobstrusive data collection (subjects are observed without their knowledge).
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| Experimental research | Compare the impact of marketing variables on individuals' responses in a controlled setting.
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| Simulation | Technique that utilizes computer-based programs to assess the impact of alternative marketing strategies.
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| Marketing Information System | People, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute accurate information to marketing decision makers.
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| Forecasting | Estimate the demand for a brand or product category.
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| Qualitative forecasting methods | Salespersons' knowledge of buyers, independant experts from outiside the company, decision trees and scenarion building.
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| Quantitative forecasting methods | Sales forecasts based on historical data, mathematic models, multiple regression analysis, econometric modeling.
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| Short-term forecast | Predict sales for the next month or quarter.
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| Medium-term forecast | Provide input to annua markting plan review and revision.
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| Long-term forecast | Forecast for strategic planning, done for a fiv-year period.
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