For those who read this: This is my masters thesis in progress. So... its under construction. It will be full of spelling and grammar errors now, or even things which are maybe wrong and need to be changed. I'm working on it in here, so every day you can see differences. It should be look like a complete master thesis a little more every day. Some parts are incomplete, just ideas or quotes. I invite everybody to give comments if you have. Anything is welcome!
Maarten Lammers Sponsorship research intern at Incubate.
Work title: “The current position of sponsorshipsponsorship:inA presentation ofculturalthe Sponsorshiporganizations.”Progression Model.” 1. Introduction
A short outline of the status and function of sponsorship
Short outline of the development of sponsorship
Focus of this research
Why this research
Objectives of the research
Outline of thesis
2. Methods
Literature research
Case studySponsorship progression model
Case study
3. How sponsorship evolved3.1 History of sponsorship
3.23.1 Definitions
3.33.2 History of sponsorshipresearch 3.3 Philanthropy
4. Strategic sponsorship 4.1 Traditional sponsorship
Philanthropic base
Social involvement
Creating competitive advance
Cause-related marketing
Association with a cause
Marketing by association
Advertising
Advertising association
Sponsorship-linked marketing
4.2 Further development of strategic sponsorship
Advertising is dying
Creating competitive advance by other ways
Getting more out of a sponsorship
Resource-based view on this firm
Integrating sponsorship into the whole corporate strategy
4.3 Sponsorship as a strategic alliance
Introduction of strategic alliances
B2B alliances
Sponsorship integration in corporate strategy
Creating hard-to-copy competitive advance
Sustainable relationship
Goal convergence
Management of sponsorship
Creation of a separate sponsorship entity
4.4 Co-marketing alliance
Introduction of the co-marketing alliance
Sponsorship as a co-marketing alliance
Strategic compatibility
Goal convergence
Commitment
Trust
Economic and non-economic satisfaction
5. Sponsorship progression model
6. Freshheads case-study: an example of a strategic alliance
A description of the alliance between Incubate and Freshheads
What makes it a good example of a strategic alliance?
Test if it fulfils the requirements of a co-marketing alliance
6. Sponsorship progression model 7. Conclusion and recommendations