The authors employ consumer theories of cognition into the event marketing context. Upon gathering field surveys from attendees (n=1,636) at an international sporting event with a multinational sponsor, the authors demonstrate the pivotal roles that attendees' knowledge regarding the sponsor's...

Despite the strong trend for service brands sponsoring events, the literature provides few theory-based and field-tested guidelines for services marketing managers who are charged with selecting events to sponsor. In response, this study provides a congruity-based framework for sponsors’...

Via field surveys of attendees at a sporting event (n=1,739), the authors contribute a model showing that event attendees' participation in the title sponsors' main exhibit area at the event favorably influences their future intentions to purchase from the sponsor. Yet, there is an important...