May 18, 1990
TO: MARKETING COMMITTEE NO. 11-90
RE: ACTIVITIES OF THE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
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Attached is some information summarizing various activities
of the Research Department that may be discussed at the upcoming
meeting of the Marketing Committee on May 23, 1990.
In addition to the organizational chart of the Department,
also attached are lists of major current initiatives along with
the corresponding staff assignments and areas of responsibility.
The second part of the package consists of a list of
current projects and project proposals. It is organized as
follows:
Group A: proposals for special research projects of which
only a few can be undertaken
Group B: work in progress which will continue in 1991
Group C: ongoing data collections-maintaining the industry
statistical database
Group D: other research projects and initiatives
This year, a planning subcommittee of the Research
Committee was established. It identified a number of topics of
interest to a cross section of the industry. These topics are
summarized in Section A.
The upcoming meeting of the Marketing Committee will
provide an opportunity to discuss project proposals at this early
stage in the process of setting priorities for the 1991 research
program.
Please note that these are preliminary proposals, and we
are interested in your comments about any or all. The Research
Committee will meet on June 6 to review proposals in detail and
will subsequently provide ICI with a preference ranking of the
new proposals.
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Projects and initiatives listed in Section B, C, and D are
mostly carryover or annual projects, ongoing efforts,
developmental work or special projects, sometimes undertaken in
cooperation with other ICI departments.
Should you have any questions, please call me at
(202) 955-3560 or Sandy West at (202) 955-3509, at ICI.
Jacob S. Dreyer
Vice President &
Chief Economist
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