The economic concepts of imperfect markets and incomplete information are examined, in the context of the market for smallholder timber in Leyte Province in the Philippines. A strategy is advanced to carry out timber market research, which involves identification of the supply chain and...

This study examines the views of research buyers about the efficacy of market research used within their firms. A sample of research buyers from Australia's top 1000 companies was asked to evaluate the research outcomes of their most recent market research project in terms of their overall...

The well-determined process of theoretical research has influenced the development of real-life practices and the execution of strategies. However, less well developed is our understanding of how real-life practices influence the way that research methods should and might be developed and...

Multi-national corporations (MNCs) and large domestic companies have traditionally ignored a large part of the world's population with lower income levels, also known as the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). New empirical measures of the behaviour of those at the BOP and their aggregate purchasing...

This is a brief overview of the market of meat and meat products in Russia. Food products account for a significant portion of the costs residents of Russia. In 2000, these costs amount to more than 50% of all household expenditure. In this case the cost of meat and meat products 14.6% of all...