Sporting organizations increased their degree of professionalism step by step within the last decades because being just a pure sporting organization is not enough. These days, sporting bodies and codes have to be professional in order to survive in an extremely competitive mar-ket. Therefore,...

"Nachhaltigkeit als gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe hat längst den Sport-, Kultur- und Eventbereich erreicht. Sportvereine, Verbände und Kultureinrichtungen sind nicht nur gefordert, nachhaltigere Events zu schaffen, sie sollen auch als Gesamtorganisation nachhaltiger wirken. Welche Ansätze...

The emphasis on relationships - as opposed to transaction-based exchanges - is redefining the marketing domain. Sports sponsorship is an important source of income for professional sporting organisations and an effective marketing tool for companies aiming at commercial objectives through sports...

This study examined the effects of event sponsorship, in the context of the two most recent FIFA World Cup (FWC) events hosted in Europe (France 1998 and Germany 2006). More than 4,000 teenagers were incorporated into the sample in order to measure recall and image values for official FWC...