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The Closure of MG Rover
The National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned Ipsos to conduct qualitative research to understand the perspectives of former employees about the support and information they received from central government funded public bodies following the closure of MG Rover. The research provides an insight into the reactions of 38 people who have had to deal with the wide ranging financial and social implications of being made redundant at very short notice. The NAO's wider study on the closure of MG Rover was taken as evidence by the Public Accounts Committee on 20 March 2006.
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Interim Management from BIE Interim Executive
Since 1999 BIE has annually commissioned Ipsos to undertake a poll of Captains of Industry. The aim of the poll is to ascertain their awareness and assess their views on executive interim management in the UK.
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UK Institutional Investors, Investing Attitudes And Plans
Ipsos interviewed investment decision makers for 114 major UK institutional investors (mainly Pension Funds, and all with a portfolio of £350m+) by telephone between 15th December 2005 and 27th January 2006 on behalf of Nikko Asset Management, one of Japan's largest asset management companies.
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Reputation 'Crucial' To Ratings
Corporate reputation and perceived leadership quality are of crucial importance to financial analysts' ratings and opinions, according to a major survey on corporate reputation. Return on Reputation is the latest of Hill & Knowlton's Corporate Reputation Watch studies, conducted with Ipsos. In the survey, 282 financial analysts in North America, Europe and Asia were asked about reputation and its impact on their opinions and ratings of companies.
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Operating & Financial Review (OFR) Survey
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) commissioned MORI to conduct a survey to determine the preparedness of UK listed companies for the Mandatory Operating and Financial Review (OFR)
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Leaders On Leadership — Captains Of Industry Research
New research for DDI suggests that national stereotypes thrive in the corporate boardrooms of Europe and have a direct impact on the way businesses are run. The new report reviews research conducted with Captains of Industry in the UK, France and Germany. The research was coordinated by MORI, with MORI conducting interviews in the UK and Westcombe conducting interviews in Germany and France. The report shows the different leadership styles among business leaders, as they talk about the rewards and drawbacks of leadership.
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CIOs Inhabiting An Increasingly Complex World
New MORI research, conducted on behalf of Computer Associates, reveals that challenges in the management of IT are preventing CIOs from successfully conducting the two activities central to effective IT governance: managing IT like a business and delivering a quality service to the business.
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Public Attitudes Towards Insurance Fraud
Detica has released results from a MORI poll exploring public attitudes towards insurance fraud. A key finding of the research is that while most people think that a proportion of a typical insurance premium does go towards paying for insurance fraud, most overestimate the amount. More than half (54%) believe that fraud adds more than 10% to premiums, including 40% of people who believe this figure to be over 20%. In fact, the true figure is just 3.75% (source: Association of British Insurers).
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The Role Of Marketing — 2005
A recent MORI survey on behalf of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) reveals that although most UK marketers assert that marketing is a priority in their company's business strategy, securing marketing budget can be a very different matter — particularly in the very largest businesses.
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Small Companies And Climate Change
Small companies in the UK have yet to seize the opportunity to make money from tackling climate change, according to new survey from MORI. The research, published in The Shell Springboard Report, asks small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for their views on the business opportunity of products and services which help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.