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E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31909 E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup Heath, Ernest Thomas Fairer-Wessels, Felicite A. Radikonyana, Paul Shimane E-marketing in sport mega-events 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup National and international mega events UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. From an analysis of the literature it is apparent that there has been no concerted effort to date to undertake a coherent and integrated assessment of the application of e-marketing in sport mega-events. A strategic evaluation of the e-marketing initiatives implemented since 2000 during national and international mega events, indicates that e-marketing, in most instances, took place in a limited and fragmented manner. However a further analysis of these case studies provides valuable perspectives and lessons that could inform the research process related to e-marketing during the 2010 FIFA Soccer World CupTM. Against this background each of the selected sport mega-events since 2000 was investigated in terms of how e-marketing technology was used in the particular event, the e-marketing challenges experienced, the key e-marketing lessons learnt and the apparent e-marketing critical success factors related to these events. The theoretical context and the lessons learnt from previous mega-event case studies provided the background and frame of reference for the empirical research into the use of e-marketing during the 2010 Soccer World CupTM. The key envisaged outcome was to theoretically develop an e-marketing framework that can serve as a guideline to fully optimise e-marketing in future sports mega-events. The research findings were presented and the 16 critical e-marketing success factors (CSFs) that may contribute to the success of sport mega-events were identified. Specific conclusions were made based on the results obtained and specific actions were recommended for future additional research in the sport mega-events field. gm2013 Tourism Management PhD Unrestricted 2013-10-07T06:48:39Z 2013-10-07T06:48:39Z 2013-09-05 2013 Thesis Radikonyana, PS 2013, E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31909> D13/9/793 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31909 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle E-marketing in sport mega-events
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup
National and international mega events
UCTD
E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup
title E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup
title_full E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup
title_fullStr E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup
title_full_unstemmed E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup
title_short E - marketing of sports mega-events with specific reference to the 2010 Soccer World Cup
title_sort e marketing of sports mega events with specific reference to the 2010 soccer world cup
topic E-marketing in sport mega-events
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup
National and international mega events
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31909