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sociocultural forces make financial institutions reformulate their core business

This month, papers all over the world spread the news about the first halal car insurance launching in the UK. Needless to say, much appreciated by the somewhat 1, 6 million Muslim UK inhabitants. Coincidently, Sweden is simultaneously getting lots of attention for a similar act. Since last week Avanza is offering a global fond…

participant observation in reality

I held a lecture at Hyper Island and one of the students asked me: ”Uh, I don’t really understand, are you together with the people in their lives?”. We take it for granted, but for many people it’s odd. The anthropological research method is all about spending a lot of time together with people in…

youthcentricity

The focus on the young generation continues. They are being thoroughly mapped.  Too often the management think that the youngsters tell the story about contemporary culture. And yes, the young are a potent market, and they influence younger and older, but, the young group is only one part of the complex and ever changing marketplace.…

the doors will tell

This is Peter’s door. Peter is 21 years old. He doesn’t want any information that is not about his main interests. The poor marketer has a difficult future.

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