2. What are some of the disadvantages of using focus groups? Discuss two recent trends in focus group research and explain why you think these have evolved. Use references to support your opinions. Focus groups are one of the more commonly used methods in research when looking for a deeper understanding of a particular topic. Focus group discussions allow the researcher to probe both the cognitive and emotional responses of participants while observing the underlying group dynamic (Heary‚ Caroline
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Environmental Product Differentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE STRATEGY Forest L. Reinhardt roducers of toilet tissue‚ outdoor wear‚ tuna‚ beef‚ investment services‚ trash bags‚ and herbicides have recently positioned their products as environmentally preferable‚ with the idea of capturing a price premium‚ winning new customers‚ or both. Managers are looking for ways to reconcile their need to deliver shareholder value with intensifying demands for improved envirofimental performance. Perhaps
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Adidas’ corporate strategy now focuses on basketball‚ football‚ running‚ and training and keeps their product line to style and performance. Prior to restructuring in 2005-2006‚ Adidas had branched out into too many areas and gave less focus on product specialization. Competitors such as Nike gained market on Adidas as a result. The restructuring in 2005 did make sense because it enabled Adidas to sell certain business divisions that were not profitable. This coupled with Adidas’
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DIFFERENTIATION – WHAT and HOW? A few decades ago the world of education was very exercised by the forerunner of differentiation which was called ‘mixed ability teaching’. Then people began to realise it was not just ability that could be “mixed’’ and that teachers had to cope with a plethora of differences: learning style‚ age‚ motivation‚ prior learning and experience‚ gender‚ specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia‚ and so on. Consequently the term ‘mixed ability’ began to be replaced
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APSY 3145 Qualitative Research Methods Week 4 Presentation Focus Groups How to design and conduct a focus group interview? Chan Ming Chung‚ Daniel Chan Ying Wa‚ Cindy Yip Chun Hin‚ Hinry Brief Contents • What is the focus group? • How to conduct it? • Basic ingredients in focus groups. • Problem of confidentiality • Pro & Con • Limitation What is the focus group? • An interview with several people • Emphasize a specific topic • Extensively use in market and social research • Interested in how
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Positioning and Differentiation Strategies Differentiation is the act of designing a set of meaningful differences to distinguish the company’s offering from competitor’s offerings (Rao‚ 2010). With Voice to Text/Text to Voice‚ Toyota designed itself above the rest. After researching the needs of its consumer‚ Toyota focused its plans on the safety and needs of today’s driver. With the human need to stay connected to our loved ones‚ friends‚ and business contacts at the touch of a button‚ Toyota
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A Low-Cost Inverter for Domestic Fuel Cell Applications A. M. Tuckey J. N. Krase Powercorp Pty. Ltd. University of Wisconsin—Madison Darwin‚ N.T. Australia Madison‚ WI U.S.A. tuckey@ieee.org Abstract— The utilization of fuel cells for distributed power genera- tion requires the development of an inexpensive inverter that converts a fuel cell’s variable dc output into useful ac. To encourage this develop- ment the US Department of Energy and the IEEE setup and sponsored a national US student competition
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How Dell.com uses Information technology and Information systems to support its Operation efficiency and Differentiation strategies? Dell.com is an American multinational computer technology company and one of the largest technological corporations in the world. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management‚ particularly its approach of delivering individual computers configured to customer wants and specifications‚ and by selling directly to the customers without going
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Key Success Factors in the Low Cost Airline Business: Low cost airlines strive to meet the basic demand of airline customers - a safe air transport from one location to another location - at a relatively low price. In order to be successful‚ they have to carry out their business from a certain value-based perspective - “less for much less” – and concentrate their attention on the following Key Success Factors of their industry: - Overall low costs: Overall low costs are essential to be able
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Issues in the Caribbean Focus Groups A focus group is a special kind of interview situation that is largely non-quantitative. In focus groups‚ a researcher gathers together 6 – 12 people in a room or neutral location with a moderator to discuss one or more issues for a set timeframe. The responses during a focus group interview are usually recorded‚ thus prior consent of all of the participants is required. The group should be homogenous enough to avoid conflicts. Focus groups are useful in explanatory
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