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<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Engaging practitioners and academics]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90291</link>
<author>Peter Mouncey</author>
<description><![CDATA[In his editorial, Peter Mouncey discusses the challenges in engaging practitioners and academics to write papers for journals and introduces the topics for IJMR issue 51,6 2009.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewpoint: Survey research - two types of knowledge]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90292</link>
<author>Patten Smith</author>
<description><![CDATA[In this issue's Viewpoint, Patten Smith argues that there is a major divide in the kinds of knowledge held by survey experts in research agencies and in academia, and that this works to the detriment of survey research. He suggests that those who work in agencies and claim survey expertise are strong on practice and weak in theory, while academic survey experts show the opposite qualities. He puts forward ways in which the two groups could learn from each other but does not believe the market is providing any motivation for change.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to improve brand tracking research: A frozen pizza case study]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90293</link>
<author>Keith Chrzan and Douglas Malcolm</author>
<description><![CDATA[The practice of brand tracking research has changed little in the past 30 years. Methodological advances in choice modelling, not typically applied to brand tracking, represent a potentially valuable enhancement of brand tracking practice. A case study of frozen pizza brand choice illustrates the possibilities, with particular attention paid to the MNL and lexicographic models.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Election forecasting: Development of the Constant Sum Scale to be used in telephone surveys]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90294</link>
<author>Mathew Packaral, Phil Harris and Chris Rudd</author>
<description><![CDATA[The Constant Sum Scale has been successfully tested to forecast election results in face-to-face surveys. As political polls are carried out using telephone surveys, there was a need to test the scale for use in telephone surveys. In this study the Constant Sum Scale was tested for implementation in a telephone survey. The study was carried out during an election that used the single transferable voting system, and the Constant Sum Scale was utilised to forecast the election outcome. The validation against the election results showed that the Constant Sum Scale was successful in ranking the candidates in the order they prevailed in the final electoral result. Respondents' understanding, based on the judgements given by interviewers, was at a satisfactory level. The overall results suggest that the Constant Sum Scale can be implemented effectively in telephone surveys and is recommended for telephone polling of voters.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The bi cultural value system: Undertaking research amongst ethnic audiences]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90295</link>
<author>Yasmin Kaur Sekhon and Isabelle Szmigin</author>
<description><![CDATA[Marketing to ethnic communities is fraught with problems of understanding the cultural contexts and value systems of others. Within Britain, this is in many ways exacerbated by the prevalence of a multicultural society that spans generations. Second-generation ethnic consumers live in the world of their parents and their community, but often work and socialise in a very different cultural and social context. Inevitably these influences impact upon decision making. In this study we seek to unravel some of the factors that impact upon ethnic decision making, with a particular focus on one group: second-generation Punjabi Indians. We examine research that has sought to identify factors that impact upon their consumption behaviour, in particular acculturation, identity and ethnicity. We then present research findings that reveal some of the key issues that need to be considered in developing a research approach to understanding ethnic communities.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[On the retail service quality expectations of Chinese shoppers]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90296</link>
<author>Juan Gloria Meng, John H. Summey, Neil C. Herndon and Kenneth K Kwong</author>
<description><![CDATA[The development of effective retailing strategies that are sensitive to cross-cultural differences would seem to be of considerable importance to their success in the global marketplace. Building on two existing models, SERVQUAL and RSQS, this study developed scales to examine service quality in Hong Kong's supermarkets. Based on intensive field study, we revised the existing service quality instruments and developed a new set of instruments to measure service quality in Hong Kong's markets. A new underlying structure emerged, suggesting that in Hong Kong, Chinese consumers perceived service quality in the regular supermarkets based on their purchasing process instead of from the tangible and non-tangible aspects found in previous studies. In the enhanced supermarkets, however, consumers perceived service quality differently than did the consumers in the regular type of store, suggesting a different model would be appropriate. Overall study results indicated that the measurement and underlying structure of service quality perception was not only industry and culture specific, but also specific to the form of retail structures that may enter the cultural m&amp;#233;lange of the Chinese marketplace.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Effects of different types of perceived similarity and subjective knowledge in evaluations of brand extensions]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90297</link>
<author>Leif E. Hem and Nina M. Iversen</author>
<description><![CDATA[The most successful brand extensions are considered to be those having high perceived similarity between the parent brand and the extensions, and being well known in the marketplace. However, previous research has mainly examined the effects of overall measures of perceived similarity between a parent brand and an extension. Correspondingly, little is known about the effects of different areas of consumer knowledge. This study investigates the effects of three types of perceived similarity usage, associations, competence and three areas of consumer knowledge original brand, original category, extension category on evaluations of brand extensions. The results indicate that some types of perceived similarity and knowledge are more important than others. These findings imply that brand managers need to identify and measure the relevant types of perceived similarity and knowledge that will affect evaluations of brand extensions in order to design effective communication strategies for extensions.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A framework for designing new products and services]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90298</link>
<author>Rub&amp;#233;n Huertas Garc&amp;#237;a and Carolina Consolaci&amp;#243;n Segura</author>
<description><![CDATA[Customer satisfaction is an important objective in all areas of business and services. A key issue in today's design activities is to achieve customer satisfaction in an economical way by finding the attributes that are most valuable to customers. In this paper we propose a formal and efficient methodology to design a new service, which is an improvement on a platform service. We propose a methodology to link two tools - the statistical design of experiments SDE, for data collection, and quality function deployment QFD, for the development of conceptual alternatives. The focus is only on functional dimensions, but it can be used in symbolic and aesthetic dimensions. The study uses a recent survey on the development of an operations management course curriculum to illustrate the conjoint methodology.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Book review: Dan Ariely - Predictably Irrational]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90299</link>
<author>Agnes Nairn</author>
<description><![CDATA[Agnes Nairn reviews the book, &amp;quot;Predictably Irrational&amp;quot; by Dan Ariely, 2009.]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Book review: David Birks and Tim Macer - Marketing Research: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management]]></title>
<link>http://www.IJMR.com/articles/TOC.asp?ArticleID=90300</link>
<author>Alan Wilson</author>
<description><![CDATA[Alan Wilson reviews "Marketing Research: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management" by David Birks and Tim Macer]]></description>
<pubDate>1 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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