Understanding why sport fans socially interact with other fans, participate in team-related discussions, recruit new members, and retain membership in sport fan communities is an important issue for sport marketers. In this study, we tested a model of fan community identification that included outcome and moderator variables in the contexts of two major professional sport leagues (soccer and ba...

the aim of this study was to determine those factors affecting domestic sports brand equity using structural equation modeling. this research was a descriptive survey. 210 elite athletes of ahvaz city were randomly selected using krejcie and morgan table (n=450). a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. its validity was measured by a number of experts in the field and its relia...

INTRODUCTION Brand equity and consumer loyalty play a role in continued purchasing behaviour; however, this research has largely focused on non-addictive products without counter-marketing tactics. We examined the impact of brand equity (price premium, market share) and consumer loyalty (switching rates) on smoking cessation (discontinued cigarette purchases for 1 year) among smokers in a consu...

the purpose of this study is to develop a brand equity model for isfahan as a tourism destination. the statistical population of this study consists of the inbound tourists who have traveled to isfahan in november 2013. a sample of 200 tourists has been selected from this population. a self-administrated questionnaire has been used for collecting the research data. in order to analyze the resea...