Market Research Organizations Insight Research Report

Internal customers seek insight research projects that drive business growth and value. At the same time, tracking research is continuing to gain significance. As a result, market research organizations need to optimize the mix of tracking research and insight-oriented research to reflect the emerging market and customer needs.

Best Practices, LLC undertook this study to illustrate the ideal allocation of market research resources to best serve internal customers. The document provides insights into the practices, mix, staffing, activity levels and training requirements needed for market research to consistently provide valuable, forward-looking insights into the business.

Industries Profiled:
Pharmaceutical; Biopharmaceutical; Biotech; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Diagnostic; Health Care; Clinical Research; Laboratories; Medical Device

Companies Profiled:
Abbvie; LFB; Bayer Healthcare; Sanofi; Phillips; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd; Novo Nordisk; Alkermes; Pfizer; Cochlear; Purdue Pharma; actavis; Genzyme; Amgen

Study Snapshot

Market research leaders from 14 global pharmaceutical and medical device organizations participated in this� benchmark field study and survey analysis.�

Key Findings

Setting The Best Research Agenda & Mix: The allocation of most organization’s market research activities is far out of line when comparing to customer expectations and needs. Many companies are heavily skewed toward tracking projects that are not as impactful for customers as are Insight Projects. Rebalancing the mix can allow market research groups to go deeper and respond to market changes.

Table of Contents

Objectives, methodology & major themes Pg. 3

Participating companies and key demographics Pg. 5
Balancing insight-driven research and tracking projects in the annual plan Pg.12
Scheduling valuable planned research and building in flexibility to handle ad-hoc requests Pg. 20
Improving tracking and insight-driven research projects Pg. 24
Using lifecycle stage to guide research requirements Pg. 27
Understanding stress points by research type Pg. 30
Market research staff selection and training Pg.33
Improving market research credibility and customer engagement Pg. 37
Eliminating redundant and lower value research Pg. 42
About Best Practices, LLC Pg. 45

List of Charts & Exhibits

Job title of participants

Experience level of market research staff
Market research staff alignment
Lifecycle stage of products supported by market research
Breakdown of insight-driven research projects vs. tracking research projects actually conducted
Tracking research impact
Examples of valuable tracking projects
Insight research impact
Examples of valuable insight-driven projects
Allocation of budget resources
Dedication of staff resources
Ideal mix of planned vs. ad hoc research
Year-to-year ad hoc research trend
Approaches to improve tracking research
Approaches to improve insight research
Tracking and insight-driven research criticisms
Market research staff selection and training
Factors that assist market researchers in delivering consistently strong insights for brand and functional marketers
Market research customer engagement
Market research groups internal perception
Communicating Insights
Drivers of Redundancy or Lower Value Research
Differentiation of internal market research service levels

Forging Deep Insights to Grow the Business: How Market Research Organizations Optimize the Mix of Tracking Research and Insight-Oriented Research

ID: PSM-308

Features:

Pages: 45

Published: Pre-2019

Delivery Format: Shipped

RELATED RESEARCH

1<!DOCTYPE html>
2
3Anonymous
4/bestp
5/bestp/domrep.nsf
600821D0C6D0EDB0565257D0A004333BB
8
9
10
11
12
13
140
15
16
17/bestp/domrep.nsf/products/forging-deep-insights-to-grow-the-business-how-market-research-organizations-optimize-the-mix-of-tracking-research-and-insight-oriented-research
18
19
203.142.97.219
21
22
23globalbenchmarking.com
24/bestp/domrep.nsf
25BMR