Yang, Yupin; Shi, Mengze; Goldfarb, Avi - In: Marketing Science 28 (2009) 6, pp. 1095-1111
Brands often form alliances to enhance their brand equities. In this paper, we examine the alliances between professional athletes (athlete brands) and sports teams (team brands) in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Athletes and teams match to maximize the total added value created by...