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# Why Market Simulations?

*Market simulations reflect reality better than purely data-driven models — and deliver decisions that actually hold up in competition.*

Market simulations reflect reality **better than purely data-driven models** — and deliver decisions that actually hold up in competition.

### Closer to reality

- capture the idiosyncratic preferences of segments and individuals
- account for preferences *and* competing offerings on the market

### Niches, not just mass

No compulsion to fixate on the “fat” part of the market — unoccupied segments can also yield good profit.

### “Test laboratory”

A multitude of real market opportunities can be played through risk-free — together with their possible outcomes.

### Actionable for management

The results are easy to understand and can be translated directly into decisions.

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*Slide 228 of 274 · Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques of Market Analysis · Principles of Survey Research · Dr. Paul Marx*