英文摘要 |
Celebrity endorsement, as a universal marketing strategy of taking advantage of celebrity prestige, is still favored and widely utilized by the business world. Among them the way of engaging sport celebrities as brand-spokesmen is more prevalent in the business circles (Cheng, Shaotong 2001). Wang Yinmei (2009) pointed out that China has stepped into “an idol era” when the masses have crazy fever for pop stars. Sport celebrity endorsement is routine nowadays. However, instead of gaining profit from employing celebrity endorsers by wasting large sum of money, many businesses suffer by ruining their images. In order to survive and develop in the fierce market competition, enterprises should attach great importance to a marketing strategy as the selection of appropriate sport endorsers. Based on the comprehensively organized literature, this thesis discusses how to select proper sport endorsers for mainland enterprises so as to provide references for businesses in the future. |