Observing China Through Real People: An Ethnographer's Notes from the Field
A ReD partner recounts his meeting with a man who has lived through China’s enormous transformation.
Drugs Are No Longer The Only King Of Pharma
Pharmaceutical companies should take a closer look at how they create value. In a world of value-based health care, the answer goes beyond developing a new drug.
Now That Obesity Is A Disease, How Will We Treat It?
As medical understanding around body weight and related medical problems has increased, obesity has become a healthcare concern as well as an aesthetic one.
A Question Of Perspective
To understand and diagnose an illness requires acknowledging the ecology in which it takes place and collecting multiple perspectives.
Why Culture Matters For Pharma Strategy
Understanding cultural differences is good for drug companies’ top lines, and also for pushing the boundaries of medical science.
Who Needs The Web When I've Got Facebook?
If Facebook is serious about becoming the social index for the entire web, it needs to make itself a more hospitable place for outside web page content to live.
‘Out Of The Labs’: The Role for Ethnography in Guiding Clinical Trials
With the new reality of pharmaceutical R&D, companies must deliver impact and value. This paper explores how ethnographic research can fill that role in early stages of pharmaceutical clinical trials.
Disease Is Not Just Physical
How understanding the social, psychological, and emotional experience of psoriasis is fueling the pharmaceutical industry.
Growing Beyond Your Core
Business history is littered with examples of companies that missed out on major changes in their industries and paid a hefty price.
Avoiding The Most Common Pitfalls When Entering ‘Emerging Markets’
Companies struggle in emerging markets because they underestimate the importance of local culture and social behavior.
Are Magazine Apps Delivering The Right Kind Of Future?
As apps have become tokens of the future, publishers need to become inventors of everyday science fiction.
Understanding Social Networking To Fuel Innovation
Our study of the mechanics behind relationship-building among young people uncovered how social networks affect the quality of their friendships.
Creating Successful Products for Patients And Health Care Professionals
ReD facilitated Coloplast’s transition to compliance with a more micro-level approach to innovation.
Understanding The Design Rules Of The Home To Improve Product Design
ReD helped Samsung develop their own distinct visual design philosophy–one that gave up the aesthetics of technology to instead reflect the aesthetics of the home.
Suzhi Kids
With China’s modernization, parents are caught between new and traditional ways of parenting, and the truism that Chinese children don’t play or have fun is being challenged.
Strategy For Moving From B2B To Direct Consumer Sales
We segmented the market for DONG Energy to help the Danish company understand how its customers think about energy and sustainability.
Creating A Patient-Centric Corporate Strategy
ReD conducted Novo Nordisk’s first study around the emotional experience of patients living with diabetes.
Megacities In Emerging Markets: The Car As The New Living Room
As megacities are in developing countries with rapidly growing middle classes, more and more people will experience the thrill of owning their own car.
Are Teens Really Plugged-In? They Just Text A Lot
There’s a lot of talk about teens being “digital natives.” But for teens technology is just another way to maximize their social connections.
Chinese Women’s Obsession With Beauty
A look at the norms and practices behind Chinese women’s attitudes toward outward beauty and skincare.