A Concise Guide to Market Research

A Concise Guide to Market Research
Author: Marko Sarstedt
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2014-08-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783642539640

This accessible, practice-oriented and compact text provides a hands-on introduction to market research. Using the market research process as a framework, it explains how to collect and describe data and presents the most important and frequently used quantitative analysis techniques, such as ANOVA, regression analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis. The book describes the theoretical choices a market researcher has to make with regard to each technique, discusses how these are converted into actions in IBM SPSS version 22 and how to interpret the output. Each chapter concludes with a case study that illustrates the process using real-world data. A comprehensive Web appendix includes additional analysis techniques, datasets, video files and case studies. Tags in the text allow readers to quickly access Web content with their mobile device. The new edition features: Stronger emphasis on the gathering and analysis of secondary data (e.g., internet and social networking data) New material on data description (e.g., outlier detection and missing value analysis) Improved use of educational elements such as learning objectives, keywords, self-assessment tests, case studies, and much more Streamlined and simplified coverage of the data analysis techniques with more rules-of-thumb Uses IBM SPSS version 22

Assessing the quality of agricultural market information systems: A self-assessment guide

Assessing the quality of agricultural market information systems: A self-assessment guide
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2018-06-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9251304602

Over approximately the past 40 years, many developing countries invested in the establishment of agricultural market information systems or services (MIS). These systems or services were initially run by government agencies, but since the turn of the millennium private organizations have shown interest in providing data on a commercial basis. To date, however, these private services, while usually being more efficient than the government-run ones, have also largely depended on donor support for their continued operation. It has proved difficult to develop a profitable business model as many of the clients are small farmers and traders. Agricultural market information systems or services (MIS) can cover staples, horticultural crops, livestock, and export commodities. They are generally designed to collect, process, and disseminate or distribute data of relevance to farmers, traders and other buyers, such as processors, but the data they generate can also be used for a variety of purposes by governments, donors, international organizations and others.

Human Capital Systems, Analytics, and Data Mining

Human Capital Systems, Analytics, and Data Mining
Author: Robert C. Hughes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498764797

Human Capital Systems, Analytics, and Data Mining provides human capital professionals, researchers, and students with a comprehensive and portable guide to human capital systems, analytics and data mining. The main purpose of this book is to provide a rich tool set of methods and tutorials for Human Capital Management Systems (HCMS) database modeling, analytics, interactive dashboards, and data mining that is independent of any human capital software vendor offerings and is equally usable and portable among both commercial and internally developed HCMS. The book begins with an overview of HCMS, including coverage of human resource systems history and current HCMS Computing Environments. It next explores relational and dimensional database management concepts and principles. HCMS Instructional databases developed by the Author for use in Graduate Level HCMS and Compensation Courses are used for database modeling and dashboard design exercises. Exciting knowledge discovery and research Tutorials and Exercises using Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and data mining tools through replication of actual original pay equity research by the author are included. New findings concerning Gender Based Pay Equity Research through the lens Comparable Worth and Occupational Mobility are covered extensively in Human Capital Metrics, Analytics and Data Mining Chapters.

Marketing Analytics

Marketing Analytics
Author: Wayne L. Winston
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 727
Release: 2014-01-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1118417305

Helping tech-savvy marketers and data analysts solve real-world business problems with Excel Using data-driven business analytics to understand customers and improve results is a great idea in theory, but in today's busy offices, marketers and analysts need simple, low-cost ways to process and make the most of all that data. This expert book offers the perfect solution. Written by data analysis expert Wayne L. Winston, this practical resource shows you how to tap a simple and cost-effective tool, Microsoft Excel, to solve specific business problems using powerful analytic techniques—and achieve optimum results. Practical exercises in each chapter help you apply and reinforce techniques as you learn. Shows you how to perform sophisticated business analyses using the cost-effective and widely available Microsoft Excel instead of expensive, proprietary analytical tools Reveals how to target and retain profitable customers and avoid high-risk customers Helps you forecast sales and improve response rates for marketing campaigns Explores how to optimize price points for products and services, optimize store layouts, and improve online advertising Covers social media, viral marketing, and how to exploit both effectively Improve your marketing results with Microsoft Excel and the invaluable techniques and ideas in Marketing Analytics: Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel.

Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing

Guerilla Marketing on the Internet: The Definitive Guide from the Father of Guerilla Marketing
Author: Jay Conrad Levinson
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2008-07-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1599181940

This guide offers you a step-by-step system on how to apply the proven 'Guerrilla' strategies to the ultimate marketing weapon, the Internet. It teaches how to level the playing field by gaining traffic to your website, convert visitors into paying customers, and ultimately take your business to new levels of profitability and efficiency.

Understanding, Managing and Implementing Quality

Understanding, Managing and Implementing Quality
Author: Jiju Antony
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2002-09-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134596154

This book considers strategic aspects of quality management and self-assessment frameworks, and provides an in-depth examination of a number of the main quality improvement tools and techniques. Incorporating a critical orientation and drawing upon original case-studies, it also reviews the implementation of a variety of quality management programmes in a range of organisational contexts, including manufacturing, higher education, health care, policing and retailing.

Mastering Market Analytics

Mastering Market Analytics
Author: Robert Kozielski
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787432696

In Mastering Market Analytics, Robert Kozielski presents different measurement systems and marketing activities, along with common mistakes made by organizations and managers in the process of building measurement, and illustrates how to avoid these mistakes.

Total Operations Solutions

Total Operations Solutions
Author: Ron Basu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2006-08-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136354530

Total Operations Solutions builds on concepts that were introduced in "Total Manufacturing Solutions", Basu and Wright (1997). It demonstrates how this holistic approach of operational excellence driven by a self-assessment methodology can be applied equally to manufacturing, service or public sectors. The text covers an implementation programme to demonstrate how to put the methodology into practice. a differentiating feature ofthe approach will be a critical uopdate, impact analysis and comparison with new developments such as e-Business, outsourcing, Six Sigma, EFQM and ISO 9000:2000. It is a step-by-step guide for the application of the appropriate tools to the improvement process. Total Operations Solutions could be used as an essential handbook for all employees in a Six Sigma programme and provide a better understanding of basic tools and techniques to help them to support a quality improvement initiative and sustain a srong competitive position.

Total Quality Management in Higher Education

Total Quality Management in Higher Education
Author: Sayeda Begum
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000332462

This book offers a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical overview of the role of total quality management (TQM) in Indian higher education from the perspectives of the engineering faculty, students, and alumni. It identifies the critical dimensions to measure the performance of TQM. This volume conceptualizes the service quality of higher education, especially in engineering education, through empirical assessment of the services being provided to major stakeholders like the faculty, the students, and the alumni. It highlights the significance of TQM in creating success stories while discussing the importance of improved productivity and quality in higher education with respect to the quality of engineering educational institutions. Further, the book provides a complete framework for the implementation of TQM in engineering educational institutions. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of education and management studies. It will also be useful for educationalists, education administrators, education policymakers and bureaucrats, management professionals, business leaders, and the governing bodies of higher education institutions.