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Marketing Research
Planning, Process, Practice

First Edition
  • Riccardo Benzo - Birbeck College, University of London
  • Marwa G. Mohsen - Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC), KAEC, Saudi Arabia
  • Chahid Fourali - London Metropolitan University, UK
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December 2017 | 432 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Marketing Research outlines the key principles and skills involved at each step of the marketing research process, providing readers with targeted, practical solutions to a range of issues and equipping them with the tools they need to overcome the common pitfalls of designing research projects.

The chapters are arranged into core sections which progress systematically through the marketing research process, starting with designing and setting up research, to undertaking qualitative and quantitative research, and finally, summarizing and reporting research.

To aid students in their research project, each chapter features a collection of learning features, such as:
  • Case studies and international real-world examples
  • Ethics boxes – Highlighting ethical implications in research projects
  • Advanced boxes – Signaling more challenging topics students can return to after they have mastered the basics
  • Activity boxes – Encouraging students to understand how what they have learned applies to their own experiences

The book is complemented by a range of online resources, including PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions, free online exercise links, and discussion guides for Case Study & Additional Reading sections.

Suitable reading for students who are undertaking a marketing research project.


 
Part I: Setting Up Marketing Research
 
Chapter 1: (Introduction) Adding Value with Marketing Research
 
Chapter 2: Identifying Marketing-Related (Business) Islsues
 
Chapter 3: Secondary Research: Facts and Theory
 
Part II: Planning Marketing Research
 
Chapter 4: Conceptualising Research: From Secondary to Primary Research
 
Chapter 5: Marketing Research Designs
 
Chapter 6: Sampling
 
Part III: Qualitative Research in Marketing
 
Chapter 7: Qualitative Research Methods: Elements of a Good Design
 
Chapter 8: Determining a Robust Qualitative Research Approach: Reviewing the Methodological and Data Gathering Options
 
Chapter 9: The Merits of Mixed Design Research Methodology: Illustration Through Action Research and Case Studies
 
Chapter 10: From Theory to Practice: Illustrating the Qualitative Research Process
 
Part IV: Quantitative Research in Marketing
 
Chapter 11: Hypothesis Building and Testing
 
Chapter 12: Quantitative Research Methodology
 
Chapter 13: Questionnaire Design and Data Preparation for Analysis
 
Chapter 14: Data Analysis Using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
 
Part V: Reporting Marketing Research
 
Chapter 15: Discussing Findings, Drawing Recommendations & Conclusions: Writing the Research Report

Supplements

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  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Additional materials and discussion guides for Case Study & Additional Reading sections
  • Free online exercise links
  • Video links
  • Powerpoint Slides

Marketing Research offers clear guidance for undergraduate and Masters students wishing to undertake a marketing research project. Written in a lively and informative manner and covering both qualitative and quantitative designs, the book supports the student throughout the entire research process from setting up and planning to reporting the findings.

Mark Saunders
Professor of Business Research Methods, University of Birmingham

This textbook offers a fresh perspective on marketing research by using an easy-to-understand language and a wide range of pertinent cases and examples to convey complex concepts. An essential read for every student embarking on the adventures of a research journey!

George Christodoulides
Professor of Marketing and Assistant Dean for Research, Birkbeck, University of London

This book is one of the best core text book currently providing all essentials of market research.

Dr Mujde Bideci
The Business School (Canterbury), Canterbury Christ Church University
February 18, 2022

This has been a really useful book to use with dissertation students who may not be connecting well with more generalised business research methods textbooks. I have found it particularly helpful to direct students to the section on methodology when they struggle with epistemology and ontology - although short these sections in particular are really well written. I have already arranged with the library to get more copies.

Miss Lauren Thomas
Faculty of Business and Society, University of South Wales (Glamorgan)
August 9, 2019

The book can be used as a guide to all aspects of the scientific rule-based implementation of marketing questions and is therefore suitable for lecturers as a source of ideas for teaching as well as a source of knowledge for specific content. The complex content of marketing research is well comprehensible, so that students can use the book during their studies and later in their professional life - for example, to look up individual aspects of the planning process or methodological issues.

Mr Dirk Schultze
Mass Communications, Mittweida University of Applied Sci's
December 10, 2018

This very well-designed book is an inspiring source for theoretical teaching, but also for practical application. I address the content very specifically in my lecture and recommend students to read certain sections in parallel with the lecture. I get feedback from students that they have understood these contents very well and have already been able to apply these contents in practice in their profession ( for people who work professionally during their studies). This gives your own lecture additional relevance for these students.

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Mr Wolfgang Kotowski
Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
August 16, 2018

This very well-designed book is an inspiring source for theoretical teaching, but also for practical application. I address the content very specifically in my lecture and recommend students to read certain sections in parallel with the lecture. I get feedback from students that they have understood these contents very well and have already been able to apply these contents in practice in their profession ( for people who work professionally during their studies). This gives your own lecture additional relevance for these students.

Mr Wolfgang Kotowski
Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
August 16, 2018

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