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9/18/13
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By David KennedyRead More
9/17/13
What seniors want from open space
Corona Insights recently helped sponsor the Colorado Open Space Alliance: 2013 Conference in the beautiful hamlet of Crested Butte, Colorado. More land managers and natural resource professionals attended this year’s conference than any year prior, demonstrating both the success of the conference organizers and the growing field of open space, natural areas, and landscape conservation […]
By Matt BruceRead More
9/10/13
What selling a house can teach us about market research
We recently sold our house and it occurred to me that the process of selling a house has similarities with market research. (I promise it’s not that much of a stretch…) For instance, selling a house can take time, and the challenge is getting prospective buyers to pay attention to your house. In market research, participation rates […]
By David KennedyRead More
9/4/13
What is the Hardest Science?
If biology, geology, and chemistry are hard sciences, then are other scientific disciplines soft or easy (or scrabbled)? Social scientists, especially in the natural resource realm, have long advocated for the legitimacy of their research, and they have struggled to define their endeavors under the hard science paradigm. However, the gap between social and natural […]
By Matt BruceRead More
8/28/13
Research, insights and coffee
A new sign in my neighborhood off of Broadway and 4th Avenue caught my attention the other day. Apparently, Dunkin’ Donuts is opening its first Denver location. What piqued my curiosity about a new local franchise, however, wasn’t the fact that there will be a new donut shop dangerously close to my apartment within a […]
By Sarah WilliamsRead More
8/26/13
Evolutionary vs. Revolutionary
In a recent blog post I wrote about identifying claims full of hype in market research. This got me thinking about evolutionary vs. revolutionary changes we’ve seen and how most really fall into the former. Perhaps it’s no surprise given that all market research works to the same end (i.e., gaining new knowledge) by largely […]
By David KennedyRead More