Concurrent sponsorship: implications for sponsoring brands and sponsored property
Marketing Intelligence & Planning
ISSN: 0263-4503
Article publication date: 21 May 2018
Issue publication date: 21 August 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the interesting dynamics of image transfer when multiple brands get together to sponsor a property, referred to as concurrent sponsorship, and its effects on the consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) of the sponsor or the sponsored property, in the context of Indian Premier League of cricket.
Design/methodology/approach
Two pre-tests, for identifying the sponsored property and sponsors, were followed by the main experiment, involving 500 respondents. A general linear model was used for data analysis.
Findings
The findings reveal that for brands with high CBBE, investment in concurrent sponsorship leads to larger benefits, especially if they have similar associations to the sponsored property. This study also shows that image of the sponsored property is strongly dependent on combined CBBE of the sponsors. Finally, it is found that brands with high (low) CBBE are benefited more in concurrent (solo) sponsorship conditions.
Originality/value
This paper is an original contribution in this field, with limited works studying the impact of concurrent sponsorship on the brand equity of sponsors or the sponsored property.
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Citation
Yousaf, A., Mishra, A. and Gupta, A. (2018), "Concurrent sponsorship: implications for sponsoring brands and sponsored property", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 36 No. 6, pp. 633-645. https://doi.org/10.1108/MIP-02-2018-0042
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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