Document Type
Article
Abstract
A sponsor portfolio exists where multiple brands sponsor a single activity or property, such as a sporting event, team, league, or a charity simultaneously. While sponsor portfolios are common in practice, little is known about how the brand perceptions of several concurrent sponsors spill over to influence each individual sponsor’s brand. This paper summarizes two experiments that investigate sponsor portfolios to determine how spillover effects influence consumers’ perceptions of a particular sponsor’s brand within the portfolio. In Study 1, empirical evidence substantiates a brand spillover effect between multiple sponsors of a single sport property. In Study 2, the influences of image congruence and portfolio size on this spillover effect are empirically assessed. Results demonstrate an interaction effect whereby brands incongruent to the sponsored property enjoy a more favorable brand perception when included in either a small portfolio inclusive of another incongruent co-sponsor, or a larger portfolio of otherwise congruent sponsors.
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Recommended Citation
Groza, M. D. (2015). Brand Spillover Effects within a Sponsor Portfolio: The Interaction of Image Congruence and Portfolio Size. Marketing Management Journal, 25(2), 107-122
Original Citation
Groza, M. D. (2015). Brand Spillover Effects within a Sponsor Portfolio: The Interaction of Image Congruence and Portfolio Size. Marketing Management Journal, 25(2), 107-122
Legacy Department
Department of Marketing
Language
eng
Publisher
The Marketing Management Association
Comments
Funding for open access fees paid for by Northern Illinois University. Initial data collection was supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) grants R01DC004826 (PI: Lisa Go man) and 2T32DC000030 (PI: Laurence Leonard) at Purdue University. The current research analyses were supported by the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language