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<title><![CDATA[Editorial]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89957</link>
<author>Peter Mouncey</author>
<description><![CDATA[The Editorial of IJMR issue 51,5 2009.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoint - Manipulator or messenger?]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89958</link>
<author>Nick Tanner</author>
<description><![CDATA[Nick Tanner addresses the issue of market research being used for promotional and public relations' purposes, rather than purely finding the truth. He argues that the research industry's stock response to such criticism - blaming journalists and the media - is insufficient on its own and it should do more to defend and safeguard its reputation.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking up an event: brand image transfer during the FIFA World Cup]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89959</link>
<author>Peter Neijens, Edith Smit and Marjolein Moorman</author>
<description><![CDATA[A real-life study N = 1299 into brand images during and after the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament showed that the event was a good platform for the creation of brand images through &#8216;take-up' advertising in which the brand was associated with the event. Exposure level and involvement with the event had a positive effect on image transfer from event to brand. A measurement of brand images three months post-tournament showed that the positive effects had endured.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Essence: the structure and dynamics of the brand]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89960</link>
<author>Chris Barnham</author>
<description><![CDATA[The concept of &#8216;brand essence' is relatively well established in marketing circles. It has come to the fore as a way for marketers to better understand their brands and also as a benchmark to evaluate brand activities. In some quarters, however, the concept has encountered more resistance. It is seen by many in the creative community as something that oversimplifies the marketing process and limits the power of the brand. The main argument of this paper is that brand essence has been fundamentally misunderstood. This has resulted in a number of negative consequences for the branding process. However, this paper will also show how the concept still has much to offer marketing professionals. A new, and more relevant, interpretation of brand essence is put forward in this paper, which recognises the intrinsically relational and dynamic aspects of the concept. As such, it creates a new platform upon which we can build our understanding of brands.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using mobile phones for survey research: a comparison with fixed phones]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89961</link>
<author>Paula Vicente, Elizabeth Reis and Maria Santos</author>
<description><![CDATA[The increase in mobile phone penetration is stimulating a trend towards the use of mobile phones to supplement or even replace traditional telephone surveys. Despite this trend, few studies have systematically compared differences between the two modes. This paper describes a study in which both mobile and fixed phones were used to collect data on a national survey on internet and cultural practices. Findings revealed significant differences between mobile phone respondents and fixed phone respondents in terms of demographic characteristics and responses to some of the substantive items of the survey. In terms of data quality the mobile phone survey proved to be different from the fixed phone survey in two indicators: completion times and percentage of respondents with item omissions. The mobile phone survey was more difficult to implement than the fixed phone survey since much more screening was required to identify working phone numbers; in addition it yielded a lower response rate than the fixed phone survey.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital versus traditional newspapers: influences on perceived substitutability]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89962</link>
<author>Carlos Flavi&amp;#225;n and Raquel Gurrea</author>
<description><![CDATA[In the newspaper industry there is a growing interest in the analysis of the duality of channels that distribute the latest news. In this study we identify the main motivations that lead readers to read the press. We also analyse the influence of motivations on the degree of perceived substitutability between digital and traditional newspapers. First, a qualitative study was carried out in order to learn about this particular context of analysis in greater detail. Specifically, we held a focus group and a series of in-depth interviews. These analyses allowed us to identify the four main motivations to read the press: 1 to search for specific information, 2 to get updated news, 3 for leisure reasons, and 4 as a habit. Subsequently, a survey was applied to a representative sample of users and several hypotheses were tested with a binary logistic regression analysis. The results confirm that the motivation to search for updated news influences negatively the perceived degree of substitutability between channels readers prefer the digital channel when searching for updated news. We also found that reading as entertainment or as habit led readers to consider both channels more &#8216;substitutable'. These findings suggest that both channels can survive alongside one another, avoiding cannibalistic effects, and that the newspaper industry should recognise the difference of the digital channel by paying more attention to its peculiarities.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Relationship strength in service industries: a measurement model]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89963</link>
<author>Guicheng Shi, Yi-zheng Shi, Allan K. K. Chan and Yonggui Wang</author>
<description><![CDATA[Although one of the key objectives of relationship marketing is to build a strong relationship with customers, the construct of relationship strength is recent and there is little research into its measurement and validation. Based on an intensive literature review, relationship strength is conceptualised and a tridimensional measurement model is proposed that comprises affective strength, cognitive strength and conative strength. Then, a measurement scale of relationship strength in the context of selling services is developed and validated. The empirical results indicate that the measurement scale has acceptable levels of reliability, unidimensionality, convergent validity, discriminant validity and nomological validity.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Effects of incentives and the Big Five personality dimensions on internet panellists' ratings]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89964</link>
<author>Andrea J. Larson and Daniel A. Sachau</author>
<description><![CDATA[A total of 586 members of an online market research panel completed the International Personality Item Pool IPIP Big Five personality inventory and were then offered one of three incentives lower than normal, normal and higher than normal to evaluate a new consumer product. Consistent with predictions based on equity theory, participants who were offered lower than normal incentives rated the product less favourably than those who were offered normal incentives. Contrary to predictions, participants offered higher than normal incentives did not rate the product more favourably than those who were offered the normal incentive. Respondents scoring high on Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness and Extraversion rated the product more favourably than those who scored low on these dimensions. Implications for market research are discussed.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Book review: The Drunkard's Walk - How Randomness Rules Our Lives]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89965</link>
<author>Peter Mouncey</author>
<description><![CDATA[A book review of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, Leonard Mlodinow, Allen Lane, 2008]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Book review: Consumer Kids - How Big Business is Grooming Our Children for Profit]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=89966</link>
<author>Kathy Hamilton</author>
<description><![CDATA[A book review of Consumer Kids: How Big Business is Grooming Our Children for Profit, Ed Mayo and Agnes Nairn, Constable, 2009]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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