What Drives Ambush Marketer Misidentification?

Autor(en)
Elisabeth Wolfsteiner, Reinhard Grohs, Udo Wagner
Abstrakt

This article investigates the effectiveness of ambush marketing in terms of ambush marketer misidentification in the context of sports events. Grounded in associative network models and memory reconstruction heuristics, an empirical study examines how different ambush marketing strategies as well as event, ambush marketer, official sponsor, and individual consumer characteristics can result in ambush marketer misidentification. A descriptive survey collects data on consumers' knowledge and perceived misleading potential of four ambush marketing strategies. Finally, three experiments aim to determine the effectiveness of these strategies and the aforementioned drivers in terms of actual ambush marketer misidentification. The results from the experiments are contrasted with the findings from the survey study. Findings are discussed with emphasis on implications for researchers, ambush marketers, official sponsors, and event organizers.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Rechnungswesen, Innovation und Strategie
Externe Organisation(en)
Privatuniversität Schloss Seeburg
Journal
Journal of Sport Management
Band
29
Seiten
137-154
Anzahl der Seiten
18
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1123/JSM.2014-0122
Publikationsdatum
2015
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
502019 Marketing
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Allgemeine Entscheidungswissenschaften, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/b93fca73-5c7e-4763-bf61-95ed50e2b0af