Date of Award
Summer 2020
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Department
School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management
First Advisor
Mark Nagel
Abstract
Mega sporting event hosting and sponsorship garner billions of dollars in investments from countries and companies, but their effectiveness has yet to be definitively determined. If the announcement of a host country serves as a signal to the investors who comprise a market, then there should be an increased return in response to the announcement. Similarly, if companies are activating their sponsorships during a sporting event there may be a higher return than what would be expected otherwise. The evaluation of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro demonstrates that the announcement did not impact the market of Brazil, or of the other countries who were under consideration using rate of return, log returns and seemingly unrelated regression models. There were abnormal cumulative abnormal returns that may indicate that it takes time for mega-events to exert an economic benefit. Further evaluation using similar techniques for the sponsoring companies of different levels did not demonstrate a difference in returns based on sponsorship, but did indicate that brand affiliation has a negative effect and being a sport company has a positive effect. These results further the academic literature regarding market perspectives and sport mega-events.
Rights
© 2020, Timothy Koba
Recommended Citation
Koba, T.(2020). Comparing the Success of Official Sponsors and Ambush Marketers: An Event Study Analysis of Brazil Following the 2014 Fifa World Cup and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/6033