In a business or sport business landscape where consumers and fans are constantly bombarded with messages, rights holders and sports-related brands MUST strive to stand out. Early studies in sport sponsorship emphasized how the intensive progression of sport sponsorship is a result of the huge amount of clutter that originated in traditional media (Meenaghan, 1991; […]
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Herrelandsholdet som kommercielt lokomotiv – konflikt eller?
Dansk fodbold er p.t. genstand for forhandlinger mellem Spillerforeningen og DBU omkring en ny landsholdsaftale for Herrelandsholdet. Som i de tidligere forhandlinger mellem de to parter tegner der sig et nuanceret billede med udgangspunkt i standpunkter baseret på forskellige interesser. Konflikten er i høj grad et produkt af den samtid, som såvel Spillerforeningen som DBU […]
How strategic sports marketing, continuous innovation and betting on the right athletes elevated Nike’s brand
Bo Jackson just as in the case of Michael Jordan helped Nike on its way to become a cultural icon that transcended the world of sports in the dynamic era of athlete branding and marketing in which Nike decided to build shoe and apparel lines around individual athletes. Nike’s strategic choice to honor great athletes […]
Major League Soccer: How the economics of co-branding will help the MLS grow its business. Part 1
Co-branding and co-creation are vital elements in shaping a football/soccer culture on North American soil. The MLS has come a long way since the first game was played in 1996. However, a football/soccer culture is not built overnight in a nation that still climbs to the NFL and the pervasive power of Super Bowl as […]
How to capitalize on the technological bridge between sponsorship, media content and fan engagement in sports
In a sports landscape with an evident and widespread globalization pattern, it is as if this sports context is galvanized back to the era in which Da Vinci and Newton made their first discoveries. When analyzing the current sports business agenda, there are many opportunities that go beyond the mix of traditional fan engagement and […]