Buying a sponsor's brand : the role of affective commitment to the sponsored team

Sponsorship is increasingly important in a firm's communication mix. Research to date has focused on the impact of sponsorship on brand awareness and its subsequent consequences for image congruency and consumer attitudes towards sponsors' brands. A lesser studied area is the effect of sponsorship on consumers' purchase intentions and behaviours. We argue that existing models of sponsorship driven purchase behaviour fail to account for affective commitment, which mediates relationship between affiliation with the team and social identification with the team. We propose a modified framework describing the effect of sponsorship on purchase intentions in the context of low and high performing sports teams. The framework is tested using structural equations modelling; employing PLS estimation and data collected via online survey of AFL chat room participants. Results confirm the role of affective commitment in sport sponsorship purchase intentions and indicate that team success has a significant influence on fans' purchase behaviours.

Sports sponsorship as an integrated marketing communications tool : an Australian sponsor's perspective

Sports sponsorship increasingly provides organisations with the opportunity to reach their target audiences in a manner that facilitates engagement and encourages relationship development. This paper provides an Australian perspective of the value of sports sponsorship using a case study of WOW Sight and Sound’s long-term sponsorship of the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team. The case study investigates WOW’s marketing objectives which centre generating brand awareness using sponsorship with the Brisbane Broncos as an integrated marketing communications tool. WOW believes that the integration of its sponsorship of the Broncos with the team’s total marketing plan is integral to its success. This integration requires the facilitation of two-way communications between WOW, its advertising agency, the Brisbane Broncos and customers to ensure that all parties’ needs are met.

Examining fan attitudes toward sponsor brands using social identity frameworks

The majority of academic research has attempted to explain the effectiveness of sponsorship activities by focusing on individual outcomes (Cornwell, Weeks, & Roy, 2005). The current research builds upon the limited empirical studies that examine sponsorship outcomes using group behaviour theories (Cornwell & Coote, 2005; Gwinner & Swanson, 2003; Madrigal, 2000, 2001). Specifically, this study closely examines tenets of social identity theory (Brewer, 1991; Tajfel & Turner, 1979) within the context of sports sponsorship to test effects of team identification on attitudes toward associated sponsor brands. 1,840 unique surveys were collected from fans of the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues rugby clubs over four timepoints during the 2012 State of Origin series. The results suggest that social identity effects were present regarding ingroup bias toward sponsor brands. Local sponsors were rated higher than non-local sponsors, suggesting that local brands may benefit more from sponsorship.

The Black Label: trade mark dilution, culture jamming, and the no logo movement

This article considers the ongoing debate over the appropriation of well-known and famous trade marks by the No Logo Movement for the purposes of political and social critique. It focuses upon one sensational piece of litigation in South Africa, Laugh It Off Promotions v. South African Breweries International (Finance) B.V. t/a Sabmark International. In this case, a group called Laugh It Off Promotions subjected the trade marks of the manufacturers of Carling Beer were subjected to parody, social satire, and culture jamming. The beer slogan “Black Label” was turned into a T-Shirt entitled “Black Labour/ White Guilt”. In the ensuing litigation, the High Court of South Africa and the Supreme Court of Appeal were of the opinion that the appropriation of the mark was a case of hate speech. However, the Constitutional Court of South Africa disagreed, finding that the parodies of a well-known, famous trade mark did not constitute trade mark dilution. Moseneke J observed that there was a lack of evidence of economic or material harm; and Sachs J held that there is a need to provide latitude for parody, laughter, and freedom of expression. The decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa provides some important insights into the nature of trade mark dilution, the role of parody and satire, and the relevance of constitutional protections of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Arguably, the ruling will be of help in the reformation of trade mark dilution law in other jurisdictions – such as the United States. The decision in Laugh It Off Promotions v. South African Breweries International demonstrates that trade mark law should not be immune from careful constitutional scrutiny.

No logo: Brand bullies, trade mark law, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a sweeping trade agreement, spanning the Pacific Rim, and covering an array of topics, including intellectual property. There has been much analysis of the recently leaked intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by WikiLeaks. Julian Assange, WikiLeaks’ Editor-in-Chief, observed “The selective secrecy surrounding the TPP negotiations, which has let in a few cashed-up megacorps but excluded everyone else, reveals a telling fear of public scrutiny. By publishing this text we allow the public to engage in issues that will have such a fundamental impact on their lives.” Critical attention has focused upon the lack of transparency surrounding the agreement, copyright law and the digital economy; patent law, pharmaceutical drugs, and data protection; and the criminal procedures and penalties for trade secrets. The topic of trade mark law and related rights, such as internet domain names and geographical indications, deserves greater analysis.

Sponsoring a rival has benefits too: A longitudinal study of changes in fan attitudes toward favored-and opposing-team sponsor brands

A longitudinal field experiment examined sports fans’ attitudes toward favored- and opposing-team sponsors across time. Measurements at five timepoints showed fans’ attitudes were more positive toward their favored-team sponsors, but that attitudes improved across time toward both favored-team sponsors and opposing-team sponsors. This occurred regardless of intensity of fan identification.

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Análisis del mecanizado de un molde para la fabricación de un logo deportivo.

[ES]Las compañías líderes del mundo textil compiten cada día por ser las número 1 en cuanto a ventas se refiere. Para ello, son necesarias diferentes estrategias de venta. Una de ellas es la adición de diferentes adornos de plástico que hacen que el comprador se fije en sus productos. Por otro lado, las tecnologías de mecanizado están en pleno avance y la fabricación de piezas o moldes es cada vez más eficiente. Por eso en este trabajo se quiere analizar y estudiar la fabricación de un molde de inyección de plástico con el logotipo de una de las marcas más famosas en el mundo, Adidas. Se ha de llevar a cabo un estudio de los posibles materiales a utilizar para el molde, así como, las distintas alternativas de mecanizado que hoy en día se emplean para este tipo de procesos. Además, los avances en los distintos programas CAD/CAM son de especial ayuda para este tipo de trabajos. Estos programas son capaces de trazar las trayectorias más eficientes a la hora de mecanizar distintos tipos de piezas y postprocesar la programación de dichas trayectorias para luego ser introducidas en los centros CNC.

Trabalho, logo existo: o sentido do trabalho para os executivos e as práticas corporativas contemporâneas

Essa pesquisa de mestrado pretende compreender as relações entre: o homem executivo, o trabalho e as práticas corporativas contemporâneas, em uma sociedade capitalista, denominada nesse estudo, modernidade tardia. Para o estudo desse tema foram priorizados pontos de reflexão relacionados à prática corporativa, tais como: pensar o trabalho na contemporaneidade observando suas características que se aproximam e se distanciam de outros momentos históricos; entender o trabalho, seus significados, suas transformações e suas estratégias atuais; refletir a respeito da perspectiva que o homem tem sobre o tempo e sua relação com a mudança do seu modo de viver; discutir o processo de desumanização do trabalho e das relações interpessoais na contemporaneidade; conhecer as atitudes do homem diante do trabalho e da vida em uma sociedade capitalista; observar e descrever a configuração atual do mercado de trabalho em algumas empresas privadas nacionais e multinacionais no Rio de Janeiro. O estudo das questões citadas permitiu tecer articulações sobre como o homem contemporâneo se relaciona com o trabalho corporativo e com os demais aspectos da vida, bem como sobre o estreitamento do tempo livre e encurtamento da vida em função do culto da alta performance. A escolha metodológica realizada nesta pesquisa é a abordagem qualitativa e método de entrevista narrativa, que conjuga reflexões teóricas à investigação empírica, colocando em questão a realidade cotidiana de profissionais que ocupam ou ocuparam posições de liderança em empresas. As modificações na importância e desdobramentos do trabalho observados atualmente estão relacionadas com as alterações na maneira como nossa sociedade tem lidado com o tempo, sua aceleração e com a vida. Vida entendida de forma mais ampla, onde haja espaço para a realização profissional e pessoal em diferentes espaços, bem como a possibilidade de execução de um trabalho que coadune motivações, interesses e potencialidades do indivíduo com uma contribuição efetiva para a sociedade, alinhada aos valores individuais. A opção de utilizar a terminologia sociedade da modernidade tardia em detrimento de sociedade atual decorre da observação da progressiva incorporação dos ideais capitalistas associados à aceleração do tempo e das maneiras de vivê-lo, por qual vem passando os processos produtivos, o trabalho, e as demais dimensões da vida humana. O trabalho no mundo corporativo obedece a regras particulares, que além de articuladas ao modelo econômico vigente, o capitalista, embute práticas e rituais que enfatizam o culto da alta performance. A presente pesquisa pretende analisar o trabalho dos executivos. Para isso, buscaremos analisá-lo segundo os modelos adotados em algumas empresas privadas, que consideraremos como o mundo corporativo e as implicações da adoção desses modelos para o exercício de uma vida mais plena de sentido existencial, a partir da minha experiência corporativa e da análise das entrevistas com executivos.

Cardioviral RNA structure logo analysis: entropy, correlations, and prediction

In recent years, there has been an increased number of sequenced RNAs leading to the development of new RNA databases. Thus, predicting RNA structure from multiple alignments is an important issue to understand its function. Since RNA secondary structures are often conserved in evolution, developing methods to identify covariate sites in an alignment can be essential for discovering structural elements. Structure Logo is a technique established on the basis of entropy and mutual information measured to analyze RNA sequences from an alignment. We proposed an efficient Structure Logo approach to analyze conservations and correlations in a set of Cardioviral RNA sequences. The entropy and mutual information content were measured to examine the conservations and correlations, respectively. The conserved secondary structure motifs were predicted on the basis of the conservation and correlation analyses. Our predictive motifs were similar to the ones observed in the viral RNA structure database, and the correlations between bases also corresponded to the secondary structure in the database.