Rocks, Pebbles, Sand: Building Research Excellence

Where do the largest companies spend their market research budget, so that they can help their organizations the most? How do they innovate bigger and better, develop strategies that align with customer needs and continuously support product deployment to consumers at...

The Predictioneeer’s Game: Lessons from Dictators

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a professor with New York University and Stanford and author of The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future, discussed wht makes organizations work at TMRE 2011. “Surprising, sad truths”...

Intersection of New Technology and Qualitative Research

Matt Warta of GutCheck and Katy Thomas, PhD, of (R)evolution presented at TMRE 2011. Matt says that we are in the “early innings” of online qualitative research. The intersection of Internet adoption and affordable technology leads to incredible innovation: In 2000,...

The Art of ChoosingIndistinguishable Options

Sheena Iyengar, author of The Art of Choosing, was the morning keynote at TMRE 2011. Sheena’s book was one of the top 10 business books on Amazon in 2010. Her topic was the most pressing problem related to choices in the modern world, a problem known by many...

Research News: ESOMAR 3D Buzz and UK Biz

Of the 805 unique links shared on #MRX last week, here are 5 of the most retweeted. 30+ New Buzz words and concepts emerging from ESOMAR 3D conference – For you stimulation junkies, Jon Puleston of GMI has prepared a glossary of 36 words and concepts that emerged from...

The Rise of the Digital Shopper

Ian Ralph of Marketing Sciences talked about the rise of the digital consumer at the NewMR Virtual Festival, discussing how new ways to shop require new ways to research: Who is the digital shopper? The digital shopper “is a savvy consumer who uses all of the...