Growing Brands Through Sponsorship An Empirical Investigation of Bra

Philip Gross addresses a new opportunity for growing brands that may reside within a sponsorship alliance. Typically, brands vie for image transfer from an event or other property when entering a sponsorship engagement. Yet this practice leaves a valuable

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Die Schriftenreihe gibt Einblick in den aktuellen Forschungsstand zu den Themenfeldern Strategie, Marketing und Informationsmanagement. Sie behandelt vor allem auch solche Fragen, die für die Unternehmenspraxis von Bedeutung sind. Besonderer Wert wird auf die Praxisrelevanz und -anwendbarkeit der Beiträge gelegt. Die Reihe will den Transfer wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in die unternehmerische Praxis fördern. Zielgruppe sind daher sowohl Studierende und Wissenschaftler als auch Marketingpraktiker und Entscheidungsträger.

Herausgegeben von Professor Dr. Klaus-Peter Wiedmann Universität Hannover

Philip Gross

Growing Brands Through Sponsorship An Empirical Investigation of Brand Image Transfer in a Sponsorship Alliance Foreword by Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Wiedmann

Philip Gross Hanover, Germany

Dissertation University of Hanover, 2014

ISBN 978-3-658-07249-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-07250-6

ISBN 978-3-658-07250-6 (eBook)

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Foreword

VII

Foreword The attention of both millions of viewers worldwide and a considerable number of on-site spectators has been on the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil just recently. A total of 64 matches were played in 12 cities and the excitement has been enormous with not only the audience and the players but also with the sponsors. Companies like Adidas, Visa, Sony, or Continental invested millions of dollars for the right of associating their brands with the event or particular teams and for leveraging these associations by means of collateral advertising and activation activities. However, the question