Marketing Research
Aaker, Kumar,
Leone and Day
Twelfth Edition
Instructor’s
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Chapter Two
Marketing Research in Practice
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Marketing Research in Practice
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Information System
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A continuing and interacting structure of people,
equipment, and procedures, designed to gather,
sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute pertinent,
timely, and accurate information to decision
makers.
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Databases
Contain 3 types of information:
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Recurring daytoday information
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Intelligence relevant to the future strategy of the business
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Research studies that are not of a recurring nature
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Decision Support Systems (DSS)
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DSS models are developed and adapted to support each firm’s
own decision problems
Used to retrieve data, transform it into usable information, and
disseminate it to users
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Allow managers to interact directly with database
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Provides a modeling function to help interpret retrieved
information
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Marketing Decision Support Systems
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Combines marketing data
from diverse sources into a
single database, enabling
product managers, sales
planners, market
researchers, financial
analysts, and production
schedulers to share
information
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Marketing Decision Support Systems (Cont.)
Managers’ need for decisionrelevant information:
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Characteristics of MDSS
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Components of MDSS
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Components of MDSS (Contd.)
Manager
Modeling
Display
Analysis
Database
Environment
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Comparison of Brand Performance with Industry Trend
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Gaining Insights from a MDSS
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Participants in Marketing Research Activities
Information Users
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General management
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Planning
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Marketing and sales managers
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Product managers
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Lawyers
Information Suppliers:
Inside the Company
Information Suppliers:
Outside the Company
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Marketing research department
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Research consultants
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Sales analysis group
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Marketing research suppliers
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Accounting department
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Advertising agencies
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Corporate strategic planning
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Information Suppliers and Services
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Factors Influencing Choice of Information Supplier
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Growth in Research Spending in United States
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Type and Nature of Services
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Type and Nature of Services (Contd.)
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Criteria For Selecting External Suppliers
Steps in deciding if supplier can deliver promised
data, advice, or conclusions:
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Career Opportunities in Marketing
Research
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Marketing Research Analyst
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Marketing Information Manager
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Project Manager
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Director of Market Research
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Research Account Manager
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Research Analyst
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Methodologist
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End of Chapter Two
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