Purpose – Due in large part to the proprietary nature of costs, there is a dearth of academic literature investigating the factors influencing the costs for sport marketing investments, such as sponsorship. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to provide an analytical framework for market...

Despite the increased adoption of data-driven strategies to enhance sport business operations, academic scholarship leveraging advanced analytics to inform sport customer relationship management lags behind. Thus, this project applies survival analysis modeling to quantitatively analyze and...

With firms spending $60 billion on sponsorship annually, it has become an integral part of the marketing mix and is necessary for the survival of many sport organizations. Despite the importance of these partnerships, conditions that may jeopardize what can be a long-term relationship for both...