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Elephants Can't Jump
Ensuring brand initiatives work in practice as well as in theory. To have marketplace impact, we believe every research assignment should consist of three elements consumer exploration or validation, within a competitive context, generating commercial outputs.
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Firefish Ltd
29 full time staff, operating in all corners of the globe, on all manner of projects. No methodology is squashed to fit. We approach each brief with fresh eyes and minds, to make sure you get the most out of your research, helping your brand move forward.
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Grass Roots
Grass Roots is one of Europe's largest performance improvement companies. Established in 1980, Grass Roots UK is the founding company of a group with offices and partners operating in 15 countries around the world.
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DIGITAL-MR
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An Introduction to North Korea
Officially The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the country was effectively formed at the conclusion of the Second World War when Korea was split into Soviet and US zones. Since the end of the Kor'an War in 1953 it has been separated from its southern neighbour the Republic of Korea (ROK) by a heavily fortified 'Demilitarised Zone'. See full country profile.Latest Research News from North Korea
Current jobs in Asia (6) including...
- Jun 1 2012
Qualitative Principle Consultant, Singapore, $SG 10-12,000 per month
- Jun 1 2012
Asian Fieldwork Services Project Manager, Singapore, $ Competitive
- Jun 1 2012
GOVERNMENT: Centralist state
AREA: 121,555 sq km
POPULATION: 22.7m (2003 UN est.)
MAJOR LANGUAGE: Korean
Some business and general info
The Market Research Industry
Trade and Industry in North Korea
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Officially The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the country was effectively formed at the conclusion of the Second World War when Korea was split into Soviet and US zones. Since the end of the Kor'an War in 1953 it has been separated from its southern neighbour the Republic of Korea (ROK) by a heavily fortified 'Demilitarised Zone'.
A one-party state with a centrally-regulated economy, the DPRK has strained relations with many of the major world powers, in particular the US and Japan, and its major trading partners are China, South Korea, Thailand and Russia.
GDP: US$40 billion. Per head: US$1,900.
Religions Buddhism, Christianity and Chondo (a Korean syncretic religion) are officially recognised.
Currency: (North Korean) Won (officially around 224 to the euro although market rates are much higher). Foreigners are required to use Euros.
Telephone Code: +850
Research Industry
There is no MR Industry as we would define it, with only minimal and recently-introduced elements of a market economy. If and when there is one, we'll do our best to involve it in this page!According to Wikipedia:China and South Korea are the biggest trade partners of North Korea, with trade with China increasing 15% to US$1.6bn in 2005, and trade with South Korea increasing 50% to over $1bn for the first time in 2005. Key exports include machine tools, minerals and metals.
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office notes that the DPRK has a predominantly urban population, and an economy whose formerly dominant 'heavy industry, including steel, cement and machinery, and mining has declined since the 1990s with light industries, especially textiles, growing. Development of the IT sector has enjoyed high-level backing.'
Recently there have been some 'green shots' of a market economy.
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