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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
In addition to Social Media Research (Web Listening) DigitalMRs solutions also include community panels, access panels, Web usability and a distinct focus on qualitativeresearch online.
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An Introduction to Laos
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, tracing its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the 14th to the 18th century. After a period as a French protectorate, it gained independence in 1949. See full country profile.Latest Research News from SE Asia
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GOVERNMENT: Communist State
AREA: 236,800 sq km
POPULATION: 6,834,942 (July 2009 est.)
MAJOR LANGUAGE: Lao
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The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, tracing its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the 14th to the 18th century. After a period as a French protectorate, it gained independence in 1949.
In the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army occupied part of the east of Laos as a staging ground and supply route, and in 1975, the communist Pathet Lao, backed by this army and the Soviet Union, overthrew the royalist government: King Savang Vatthana later died in captivity.
GDP: $13.99bn
Religions 67% Buddhist (Mainly Theravada Buddhism), 1.5% Christian, 31.5% Other or Unspecified
Currency: Kip (LAK) (100 LAK = 0.01 EUR)
Telephone Code: +856
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The MR industry in Laos had a turnover of $USD 1m in 2007, down from $USD 2m in the previous two years. MR spend per capita worked out to $USD 0.16.
Source: ESOMAR
According to the CIA World Factbook, the main exports of Laos ($1.033bn 2008) are wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper and gold. The main partners for exports are Thailand, Vietnam, China and South Korea. Imports ($1.278bn 2008) consist of machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel and consumer goods, and come from Thailand, China and Vietnam.
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