The objective of Visitors of Karlštejn study is to identify socio-demographic profile of visitors of this particular Czech castle during the side-season, to describe considered alternatives to leisure time spending competing to Karlštejn castle and to find out satisfaction of visitors with individual areas of their visit of castle and surrounding. Also spontaneous association concerning Karlštejn is in our focus in terms of national identity. Data used for this study was collected by quantitative research methodology conducted during October 2011 to January 2012 among visitors after their tour route. Results of this study should help the castle management set content of communication campaign and improve provided services.

This Diploma thesis is focused on the complete analysis of the company Jan Becher - Karlovarská Becherovka, a.s. in the context of the history, present and future potential. The main objective is to independently analyze and assess the current position on the market of bitter herbal drinks, find out where could be a gap and demand for the new product. The aim would be to suggest directions for Becherovka, and its majority owner Pernod Ricard, based on market research. In conclusion, this thesis will introduce the marketing mix and strategy for the new product.

The main goal of the Master's thesis is to find out if the Hershey Company, a traditional American producer of chocolate products, has a chance to succeed on the Czech market. In the first section we are introduced to methods of marketing situation analysis and market research. In the next part of the thesis is described the Hershey Company, its marketing mix and main competition on the market. The analytic part researches preferences of Czech consumers when buying chocolate products and also their attitude to broaden range of chocolate products caused by the entry of a new chocolate producer. The final part of the thesis provides recommendations for the company that result from analytic part of the Master's thesis.

The goal of this diploma thesis is to create complex analysis of cider market, which is dynamically growing category in the context of beer, beer mixes and nonalcoholic malt beverages in the Czech retail market. To accomplish the goal of this thesis retail market data were analyzed gained by the retail market methodology, which were added to results of own consumer research. Retail audit gives the large spectrum of the objective pieces of information about FMCG market, which together with consumer research give the overall picture of consumers' opinions and behavior. The theoretical part of this thesis shows retail market and subjects that compete in this market; it also focuses retail audit issues. The analysis of cider market starts at the macro level, which describes trends and basic retail indicators in the connection with other beer categories. Later, the attention focuses strictly to detailed description of cider category situation.

The research was based on a secondary analysis of a qualitative market research study conducted for the SABC on the soap opera Isidingo. The data used in the study includes 10 focus groups, five diaries of loyal soap opera viewers who were asked not to watch Isidingo for a week and keep a record of their experience, a focus group conducted with these viewers after the completion of the deprivation exercise, the market researcher’s field notes, the market research report and the academic researcher’s own reflective diary. The analysis was conducted within a hermeneutic phenomenological interpretive framework. A model for the psychological processes that culminate in positive viewing experiences and audience loyalty to a soap opera is presented. The model illustrates how viewers use soap world knowledge and real world knowledge to interpret the characters and storylines of soap operas and that the degree of enjoyment the viewer experiences from viewing, is dependant on the quality of the mental models formed of these respective components. The role that transportation, realism, social influences and timeslot play in the engagement process is also defined. The study illustrates a hermeneutic phenomenological research pathway for qualitative research and demonstrates how market research can be explicated for academic gain. Copyright / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Psychology / unrestricted

Estudos sobre o comportamento humano envolvem situações complexas que não são simples de compreender utilizando-se métodos quantitativos de pesquisa. A identificação desta limitação levou, em anos mais recentes, ao uso crescente de métodos qualitativos para auxiliar a entender o indivíduo e o grupo em seus comportamentos. Em administração e marketing pesquisadores com trabalhos qualitativos têm se baseado em métodos e técnicas mais adequados para a abordagem destes problemas com origens em sociologia, antropologia e psicologia. A etnografia originada na antropologia e sociologia com estudos de comportamento de grupo é um instrumento bastante adequado para estudos em marketing. Este estudo discute a criação e desenvolvimento da etnografia como metodologia de pesquisa em antropologia e mostra como seu uso foi estendido para outras áreas do conhecimento, mais especificamente para a área de marketing. É destacada a evolução da etnografia no universo da pesquisa acadêmica e aplicada, e como a metodologia foi adaptada para realização de estudos na área do comportamento do consumidor, tanto acadêmicos quanto de mercado. O estudo enfoca os usos e limitações da pesquisa etnográfica em marketing. Faz isso em forma de ensaio por meio de levantamento bibliográfico de caráter analítico e descritivo, complementado com entrevistas em profundidade com profissionais que utilizam ou conhecem a metodologia aplicada ao marketing. Conclui-se que sua aplicação em marketing é adequada se houver rigor metodológico, já que esse tipo de pesquisa tem a vantagem de revelar porque os comportamentos relacionados a um dado grupo ocorrem, o que não é possível com outras abordagens de pesquisa. A metodologia apresenta maiores benefícios quando o comportamento de consumo estudado relaciona-se fortemente com características culturais do grupo ao qual o consumidor pertence. / Consumer behavior studies entail complex situations that are not simple to understand by quantitative research techniques. Recently there is an enhancement in the use of qualitative methods to help interpret the individual and the group in their behaviors. In business and marketing researchers with qualitative work are increasingly using techniques, and methods that are common in sociology, anthropology, and psychology which have suitable developments to these areas of knowledge. Ethnography originated from anthropology and sociology with group approaches seems to be a good tool to marketing studies. This work discusses how ethnography was originated and developed as a research methodology in anthropology and to show how its use was extended to other areas of knowledge, specifically in marketing. The evolution of ethnography in the academic and applied research universes is emphasized, as well as how the methodology was adapted to be used in consumer behavior studies. The study focus on the uses and limitations of ethnographic research in marketing. This is made by an essay based on analytical and descriptive bibliographic research, complemented by in depth interviews with professionals that use or know the methodology applied to marketing. The conclusion is that the method is adequate in marketing research if applied with methodological rigor. This kind of research has the advantage of revealing why some behaviors related to the reference group occur, what is not possible with other research approaches. The methodology presents more benefits when the consumer behavior is strongly related with cultural characteristics of the group that the consumer belongs.

To learn the uncertainty of customer preference on the attribute of new product, usually a firm needs to do market research. Developing a product on an attribute which is less preferred by customer may lead to a failure. In addition, a firm used to take efforts to design the product. In recent years, we observed a new business model in which the firm does not take effort to design new product, nor does she do market research by herself. She provides rewards to attract outside designers to design new product. Some designers may take effort and design products based on their private information of customer preference. The firm receives designs with different quality and attribute, she chooses one to produce. By solving this game model, we get the equilibrium quality of the design offered by each designer based on their private cost parameter. And we obtain the following insights: When the market size is too small, the firm gives nothing to designers; when the market size is sufficiently big, the firm only gives reward to the designer whose design is produced; otherwise the firm gives both rewards to participated designers and the designer whose design is produced. We find that when the market size is big enough or the disutility is high enough, the new business model dominates the benchmark business model. When both the disutility and market size are small enough, the firm prefers the benchmark business model. And the relative attractiveness of new business model versus benchmark model keeps the same when the market size is small enough. The impact of extra reward on relative attractiveness of new business model versus benchmark model increases with extra reward. When the extra reward is high enough, the firm always prefers the new business model.

The diploma thesis deals with the business plan for establishing a beer bar with Belgian specials in Olomouc. The first part describes the theoretical basis of the work. It is focused on the description of the business idea, methods used for analytical research of the business surroundings, and the structure of the business plan itself. The second part deals with analytical methods mentioned. Based on these methods, appropriate and most suitable strategy is implemented. The third part of the thesis contains a comprehensive elaboration of the business plan, which follows the choice of strategies for this business.

The goal of this text was to implement a mobile application for attendees of technology conferences. While creating the concept the user experience was highly emphasized and after doing the market research there were couple of surveys and discussions with potential users, that often attends those conferences. Resulting application got positive feedback about its UI/UX qualities and was marked as 8.3 out of 10 in these regards. Application was updated according to the concerns that users provided in feedback tests. In the end there were suggested additional improvements to the application, that would enhance user experience at the conference even more.

This master thesis pursues a business model of an online store's international expansion in Europe. According to theoretical backgrounds, it evaluates the state of currently used methods of today's expansion strategy. Further, a management plan for systematic expansion is being proposed along with risk mitigations, stabilization of current international operations, and a proposal of a technological-information solution for data science.