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12481 Blue Ocean Strategy and its Implications for Businesses

Introduction Blue Ocean Strategy is a concept that has been pioneered by INSEAD Professors, W. Chan Kim, and Renee Mauborgne. This strategy, which is based on extensive research of hundreds of companies spanning across decades and including several industries, proclaims that instead of battling competitors, companies can create new markets for themselves. In other words, […]

12676 Category Management

The mechanism of selling merchandise in small quantities from a fixed location directly to the individuals for their end use is called as retailing. The fixed location can be anything like super market, hyper market, department stores and so on. Merchandise – Merchandise refers to the various products available at the store for sale to […]

11888 Statistical Tools and their Usage – Regression Analysis

Regression analysis can be used to find out the relation between a set of variables statistically. This is done by identifying a curve or line that best fits the variables provided. Regression analysis is widely used in marketing research for trend analysis and for making predictions. In this article, we will be explaining simple linear […]

11421 Strategies of Brand Leaders

Building successful business and achieving as well as sustaining product leadership calls for a smart strategy combined with discipline to implement and achieve the plan. Understanding how the successful brand leaders have achieved the same helps management students to learn the ropes of the game. If you are hoping to make it as a business […]

11268 Should Long Term Shareholders Have Double Voting Rights ?

The long term success of a company depends on the decisions made by its management. The appointment of management is done by the shareholders. However, the problem is that shareholders are considered to be one homogenous group. This is not an accurate reflection of reality. Different kinds of shareholders invest in a company. Some shareholders […]

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They generally use small samples and also conduct direct one to one personal interviews. A detailed background is provided by the respondents and elaborate data concerning the respondents opinions, values, motivation, expression, feeling etc are obtained. Even their non-verbal expressions are observed. They take long time, therefore lengthy observations are involved.

These are conducted to customize individual responses. The questions will depend on what kind of answers are given. Even interview climate influences the respondents.

The success of interviews depends on the rapport of the interviewers established with the respondents.

Advantages of Depth Interview

  1. Lot of detail is provided.
  2. Information obtained is comparatively more accurate.
  3. Personal or intimate topic can also be discussed since the personal rapport is established between the respondent and the interviewer

Disadvantages of Depth Interview

  1. It is difficult to generalize since the interviewers are non-standardized
  2. Since the success depends on the interviewer, there are chances of bias.
  3. Data analysis takes a lot of time.

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