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Internet, robot ménager des années 2010

Monday, March 15th, 2010 by Christophe Benavent

Les enquêtes sur les usages du net sont fréquentes mais souvent partielles, que ce soit par leurs objets ou leurs échantillons. Elles sont aussi souvent troublées par les a priori d’un imaginaire utopique quand il n’est pas idéologique.

Le monde du marketing se réjouit ainsi bien trop souvent de transformations qui ne sont souvent que des évolutions tenues, d’une révolution qui est à venir, et qu’on repousse de jour en jour, et de la venue d’un paradis sur terre qui ferait que la marque et le consommateur s’embrassent sans conflit, revenant à une sorte de paradis perdu. On en oublie souvent les faits.

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A day in the life @ Business&Decision

Monday, March 15th, 2010 by Bart Lariviere

Employee: Florence Laboureur
Job Title: Consultant
BAQMaR Partner: Business&Decision
Website: http://www.businessdecision.be

08:20 Starting a day at Business&Decision When I arrive at the Business&Decision offices, in the MMS room (Managed Marketing Services), my first move is to make myself a tea. Even if I’m a new employee since less than 5 months at Business&Decision, I already have my habits. I like to arrive a little bit before the others members of my department, and take time to install myself quietly. After that, I usually check my e-mails and prepare my todo list of the day. As it’s my first job, I still have much to learn, but in the other hand, I’m already quite independent and I like that. It’s the best way to evolve and become more proactive.

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Funny Fridays: Google Ups the Ante On Privacy Issues

Friday, March 12th, 2010 by Andrew_SAS

Tom De Ruyck gave a nice overview at the Baqmar/MOA event on the big issues facing marketing analysts. If I’m not mistaken, number 2 was the ‘Big Brother is watching you’ privacy issue.

This satirical news item pushes the absolute limits of how far it can go. Keep your filthy hands out of my clam sauce Google ;-)


RESEARCH WORLD: articles of the month!

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Robert de Bruijn

High-impact research – The new strategic partner

What does it take for market research to become a true strategic partner in the decision-making fabric of a corporation? Is there a roadmap for transforming the research function to proactively sense consumer needs that lead to innovation and drive growth? How can researchers be trained to think and act like consultants? 

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Current Reading in Data Mining

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by Sandro Saitta

I’m currently reading two interesting books about analytics and data mining. I will review these two books in the near future. Meanwhile, here is a few information about these books:

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