Essentials of Marketing Research - Couverture souple

Birks, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0273724339 ISBN 13 : 9780273724339

Editeur : Pearson, 2013

Synopsis

This new book offers all the authority of Naresh Malhotra’s best-selling Marketing Research title combined with lots of European examples and a clear focus on helping students to understand how to diagnose and direct research questions that will support marketing decision making. Beyond this, students will get an appreciation of what good research design means. Secondary and primary data collection techniques; qualitative and quantitative methods and forms of analysis; and conveying the insights from research findings will give students a clear view of how to make marketing research work.

The ethical dilemmas faced by researchers, the social and cultural issues of research created by globalisation and more powerful forms of communication (e.g. e-communication) will be addressed. This text aims to present a clear understanding of the nature, scope and process of marketing research at an introductory level and to give students the study skills to confidently design all stages of the marketing research process.

This book is perfect for one semester courses in Marketing Research.

 

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Essentials of Marketing Research by Naresh K. Malhotra, David F. Birks and Peter A. Wills

Essentials of Marketing Research presents a clear understanding of the nature, scope and process of marketing research at an introductory level. It equips students with the skills to become confident and highly valuable marketing researchers.

 

Malhotra, Birks and Wills distil the most important parts of their hugely successful Marketing Research text into this concise but comprehensive new work. Their overview of the relevant scholarship and carefully selected, up-to-date European and international case studies will enable students to apply the principles of marketing research to their own research projects.

A practically orientated text, this book covers the importance of creative thinking, the ethical dilemmas faced by researchers and the impact technology is having on improving research standards. End of chapter exercises, numerous examples and regular tips on how to get the best out of marketing research software help students to conduct qualitative research, design questionnaires, administer surveys, check the integrity of data, and analyse and present findings in a constantly engaging manner.

 

Used in conjunction with a well-maintained and contemporary website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/malhotra-euro, the book enables students to significantly improve the quality of their marketing research thinking and practice.

 

This book is perfect for one-semester courses in Marketing Research.

 

 

About the authors

 

Dr Naresh K. Malhotra is Professor Emeritus, College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. He has consulted for business, nonprofit and government organisations across the globe. In 2011 he received the Best Professor in Marketing Management, Asia Best B-School Award.

 

Dr David F. Birks is a Professor of Marketing at Winchester Business School, the University of Winchester, England. He teaches quantitative and qualitative marketing research and leads developments across the University in digital marketing research.

 

Peter A. Wills is the Chairman of Snap Surveys who are based in the UK and the USA. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Winchester and the Chair of the Association for Survey Computing, the world’s leading society for the advancement of knowledge in software and technology for research surveys and statistics.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This new book offers all the authority of Naresh Malhotra’s best-selling Marketing Research title combined with lots of European examples and a clear focus on helping students to understand how to diagnose and direct research questions that will support marketing decision making. Beyond this, students will get an appreciation of what good research design means. Secondary and primary data collection techniques; qualitative and quantitative methods and forms of analysis; and conveying the insights from research findings will give students a clear view of how to make marketing research work.

The ethical dilemmas faced by researchers, the social and cultural issues of research created by globalisation and more powerful forms of communication (e.g. e-communication) will be addressed. This text aims to present a clear understanding of the nature, scope and process of marketing research at an introductory level and to give students the study skills to confidently design all stages of the marketing research process.

This book is perfect for one semester courses in Marketing Research.

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0273724339
• ISBN 13: 9780273724339
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie