New Methods of Market Research and Analysis

Download or read book New Methods of Market Research and Analysis written by G. Scott Erickson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Methods of Market Research and Analysis prepares readers for the new reality posed by big data and marketing analytics. While connecting to traditional research approaches such as surveys and focus groups, this book shows how new technologies and new analytical capabilities are rapidly changing the way marketers obtain and process their information. In particular, the prevalence of big data systems always monitoring key performance indicators, trends toward more research using observation or observation and communication together, new technologies such as mobile, apps, geo-locators, and others, as well as the deep analytics allowed by cheap data processing and storage are all covered and placed in context. This book can be used as a supplement to a traditional marketing research text or on its own.