Conducting Market Research For International Business

This practical guide leads you through all the issues you will face in developing new marketing opportunities in foreign markets. From initiating a project, to sampling and analyzing data, to taking advantage of your knowledge by approaching the market; this book is your guide to understanding and overcoming the most pressing issues that international marketers face.

This practical guide leads you through all the issues you will face in developing new marketing opportunities in foreign markets. From initiating a project, to sampling and analyzing data, to taking advantage of your knowledge by approaching the market; this book is your guide to understanding and overcoming the most pressing issues that international marketers face.

Marketing Research: An International Approach is a comprehensive text written with the decision-maker in mind. It is written from the perspective of the firm conducting marketing research in the national and international markets irrespective of its country of origin. This tools-oriented book shows how international marketing managers can transform existing (Secondary) and newly collected (primary) data into useful information. This is a comprehensive and advanced marketing research book that offers an analytical and decision-oriented framework of the subject. This book looks at firms conducting market research in the national and international markets irrespective of its country of origin. This book is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying Marketing Research. It is also appropriate for practitioners who wish to keep abreast of the most recent developments in the field.

As more and more companies enter the global business arena, it is critical that they acquire relevant information specific to their industry and the country that they wish to enter. This book explains how to perform accurate, timely, and appropriate research to make informed strategic decisions. The chapters of "International Business Research" follow the overall research process - defining the research problem, explanation of research methodologies, data analysis, report writing and dissemination. The book presents methodologies for most functional areas and can be used as a research tool for the broad international business field. It includes in-chapter learning objectives, exercises, summaries, boxed inserts, and a detailed glossary. In addition, a sample data disk is bound into each copy of the book.

The third edition of International Marketing Research is completely updated to reflect changes in both the structure and practice of international marketing research. Industry consolidation of research firms has accelerated as they strive to better serve global clients. The Internet has burst on to the scene as an alternative way to gather information and conduct surveys rapidly. Increasingly research is being conducted in developing countries as firms expand operations into markets such as India and China. The coverage of research in developing markets has been expanded in the third edition. In addition, to all the updates and changes, a chapter has been added that deals with conceptual and methodological issues in designing and executing research. A complete guide to modern international marketing research techniques by two pioneers in the field. Authoritative coverage of all the latest electronic research techniques.

Offering a theoretical base supported by examples, this practical guide takes students through all phases of developing and conducting international marketing research.