PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend existing engagement research in two directions: first, it operationalizes the dynamic nature of the engagement process within a customer-brand dyad and, second, it tests the interrelationships with other network actors in a triadic network...

Along with the perspective shift in marketing theory towards a Service-Dominant (S-D) logic and the change in consumer behavior, due to new media, the Customer Engagement (CE) concept is gaining increasing levels of scholarly interest. However, a lack of empirical scrutiny exists in the current...

Sport ist kein gewöhnliches Wirtschaftsgut. Die Traditionen der Sportbranche müssen ebenso berücksichtigt werden, wie die vielfältigen Differenzierungen in den über sechzig Sportarten auf verschiedenen Leistungsniveaus und die Zielvorstellungen der aktiv und passiv dem Sport Verbundenen....