1992
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Patrick De Pelsmacker et al., « Explaining advertising intensity at the firm level : the belgian case », Revue d'économie industrielle (documents), ID : 10.3406/rei.1992.1422
On the basis of financial and advertising data on 571 Belgian companies, both consumer goods and producer goods firms, a model has been empirically tested in which advertising intensity at the firm level is defined as a function of profitability, dimension, market share, and the amount of emotional content of the firm's products. Potential differences between retailing companies and other firms, and between durable and non-durable goods companies, are also examined. The most important conclusions are that, contrary to expectations, there is no significant positive relationship between profitability and advertising intensity, and both retailing firms and companies marketing products with a high emotional value, have higher advertising intensities.