The entrepreneur's guide to market research [

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Market Research is a must-have for anyone who wants to start or expand a business. This fact-filled, actionable book offers a step-by-step guide to researching and documenting the market potential of any product or service, something that is an essential--and tooofte...

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Main Author: Wenzel, Anne M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger , c2012
Series:The entrepreneur's guide
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505 0 |a 1. What market research is and isn't -- 2. Typical outline for a business plan market analysis -- 3. Types of market research -- 4. Developing a demographic profile -- 5. Researching trends in our markets -- 6. Distribution and spending patterns -- 7. Estimating the size and growth of the market -- 8. The competition: competitors, emerging trends and technologies -- 9. Exploratory market research -- 10. Putting it all together -- 11. Fitting the market analysis into the business plan 
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