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When ambush marketing is beneficial to sponsorship awareness: creating sponsor distinctiveness using exclusivity and brand juxtaposition

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Pages 1256-1280 | Received 14 Dec 2016, Accepted 02 Aug 2017, Published online: 18 Sep 2017

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