30563 - Introduction to Marketing Research

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Docente: Maurizio Canavari
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: AGR/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Marketing and Economics of the agro-industrial system (cod. 0868)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to understand the role of marketing research, masters the basic concepts and knows the types of research approaches and methods. He is able to participate in setting up qualitative and quantitative research and knows the basic techniques for primary and secondary data collection and processing.

Course contents

Marketing Information System. Marketing research: subjects, processes, type of approach. Qualitative research methods. Quantitative research methods. Sampling. An example of marketing research on brand performance: customer satisfaction and trust.

Readings/Bibliography

Luca Molteni, Gabriele Troilo (2007). Ricerche di marketing 2/ed, McGraw-Hill, Milano, ISBN 9788838663925 (cap. 1-5 e 10).

Teaching methods

The course is based on a traditional lecturing style with the occasional use of the IT laboratory for groupwork.
Seminars about specific topics held by practitioners/experts/scholars will integrate the coursework materials.

Assessment methods

Final oral exam

Teaching tools

Seminars, class groupwork.

Office hours

See the website of Maurizio Canavari