How Event Sponsors Are Really Identified: A (Baseball) Field Analysis

Event sponsors often do not receive proper credit for their efforts. This issue was examined in a field study involving over 300 baseball fans attending minor league games during the summer season.

How Event Sponsors Are Really Identified: A (Baseball) Field Analysis

Gita Venkataramani JoharColumbia UniversityMichel Tuan PhamColumbia UniversityKirk L. WakefieldBaylor University
Event sponsorship continues to attract ever-increasing levels of interest (and money) as a form of marketing and corporate communication. For instance, companies and brands such as Adidas, Fujifilm, and Toshiba recent spent tens of millions of dollars for the rights to be official sponsors of the 2006 FIFA World Soccer Cup in Germany. Accurate identification of sponsors of an event, team, venue, or cause is critical to the success...

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