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Qualitative Marketing Research

First Edition
  • David Carson - University of Ulster, Ireland, University of Wyoming, USA
  • Audrey Gilmore - University of Ulster, Ireland
  • Chad Perry - Southern Cross University, Coolangatta
  • Kjell Gronhaug - Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen

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Marketing Research

February 2001 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
As the importance of marketing to business grows, and as new concepts and applications of marketing emerge and evolve, so too does the need for up-to-date market intelligence. This book recognizes that the contribution which qualitative research can make to market understanding and insight is immense, and that statistical information flows are never enough but need to be compounded by market intelligence gained through qualitative methods.

Qualitative Marketing Research clearly explains the use and importance of qualitative methods, clarifying the theories behind the methodology and providing concrete examples and exercises which illustrate its application to Management Studies and Marketing.

This book is intended for all students of marketing who are required to complete their studies with a dissertation or research project.

 
PART ONE: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND MARKETING
 
Philosophy of Research
 
Scope of Research in Marketing
 
Design of a Research Problem
 
Academic, Business and Practitioner Research
 
PART TWO: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
 
Justification of a Qualitative Research Methodology
 
In-Depth Interviewing
 
Case-Based Research
 
Focus Group Interviewing
 
Observation Studies
 
Ethnography and Grounded Theory
 
Action Research and Action Learning
 
PART THREE: APPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
 
Organizing, Processing and Visualizing Data
 
Writing Qualitative Research Reports
 
Integrative Multiple Mixes of Methodologies
 
Qualitative Research
Future Evolution

 

Very essential for qualitative marketing research within SME sectors.

Mr Nihar Crisna Naique Amoncar
Faculty of Business and Society, University of South Wales
November 6, 2015

One of the book main strengths is its focus on the links between philosophy and practice. Inevitably the author had to cut corners at times in the light of the wide scope of the topic. For instance the definition of action research does not seem to include the human justice dimension and the book could benefit from a clearer distinction between this method and its tools of research.

Dr Chahid Fourali
London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan Uni (City Campus)
July 30, 2013

Excellent for research methodologies for students of marketing and entrepreneurship

Ms Jackie Harris
Management and Marketing, University of Wales, Newport
August 6, 2010

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