Sport, Business and Management
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Competitive intensity in differently regulated men's football leagues: evidence from English premier league and German Bundesliga
Fabio Wagner, Mathias Schubert, Holger Preuss, Thomas KöneckeThe Premier League (PL) and the Bundesliga (BL) were chosen for this study due to their fundamentally different approaches to ownership regulation and the distribution of…
Sport event innovation: a preliminary conceptualization and directions for future research
Kristina J. Hoff, Becca Leopkey, Dana EllisThe purpose of this paper is to conceptualize sport event innovation and propose a fruitful future research agenda for scholars.
“It's not just a job, it's a passion”: passions and motivations of sport entrepreneurs
Mathieu Winand, Euan Bell, Géraldine ZeimersThe present study aims to analyse sport entrepreneurs' passions and motivations to start a sport business. It answers calls from the literature to investigate…
Attrition in entry-level ticket sales positions: a survival analysis
David Allen Pierce, Elizabeth Wanless, Nels Popp, Liz Sattler, Megan ShrefflerSport ticket sales is often positioned as a “foot in the door” to the sport industry due to ample job opportunities, but anecdotal reports of high turnover raise questions…
Examining racial discrimination in fantasy team selection: the case of Czech soccer fans
Vojtech Kotrba, Brendan DwyerRecently, efforts to fight discriminatory behaviour in many sports and to eliminate racial preferences among fans have intensified. However, uncovering discriminatory…
Unlocking the black box of sponsorship in participant-based sport
Konstantinos Koronios, Lazaros Ntasis, Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, Anna GerkeThe purpose of this research is to develop a more precise evaluation of sport sponsorship efficiency in participant-based sport, by investigating the specific aspects of…
Monetizing social value in sports clubs
Xabier Mendizabal Leiñena, Leire San-Jose, Jose-Domingo García-MerinoEuropean elite professional basketball clubs do not pursue economic profit maximization per se, but they also seek to create social value for stakeholders due to the…
Federated networks in England and Australia cricket: a model of economic dependency and financial insecurity
Robbie Millar, Daniel Plumley, Rob Wilson, Geoff DicksonThe purpose of this study is to critically examine the financial health and performance of the English and Australian cricket networks. This includes the county cricket…
How are fans affected by the commercialization of elite sports? A review of the literature and a research agenda
Erik Winell, John Armbrecht, Erik Lundberg, Jonas NilssonThe purpose of this paper is to develop a holistic understanding of extant studies addressing the impact of commercialization on fans of elite sports.
A qualitative exploration of the franchise establishment process: a case study analysis of “Moana Pasifika” and “Fijian Drua”
Joseph Davies, Daniel ReadLeague expansion involves a significant investment of time, money and resources. Therefore, ensuring the success of new franchises is imperative to the commercial health…
Impacts of game attractiveness and color of message on sport viewers' attention to prosocial message: an eye-tracking study
Behnam (Abdolreza) Oboudi, Alireza Elahi, Hossein Akbari Yazdi, Do Young PyunIn recent years, neurophysiological tools have been vastly applied in sport marketing research. Eye tracking, a pervasive sensor technology, has received a growing…
Performance prediction of basketball players using automated personality mining with twitter data
Dominik Siemon, Jörn WesselsThe purpose of this paper is to use Twitter data to mine personality traits of basketball players to predict their performance in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The impact of special events and fan–player bonding on identified fan consumption – a study of professional soccer in the USA
Diego Gutierrez, James J. Zboja, Kristie Briggs, Kathleen M. SheehanThe primary purpose of this study is to examine how fan attendance at team special events and player appearances impact fan consumption (as measured by merchandise sales)…
Implications for tourism management of including uncertainty in the estimation of the economic impact of sports events
Jesyca Salgado Barandela, Angel Barajas, Patricio Sanchez-FernandezStudies that measure the economic impact of events usually disclose deterministic results. This situation implies a methodological problem that compromises the veracity of…
COVID-19, sustainability and Olympic Games: which lessons can we learn from Tokyo 2020?
Eduardo Russo, Ariane Roder Figueira, Leonardo José Mataruna-dos-SantosThis paper aims to understand how the sustainability theme has been incorporated into the new Olympic planning guidelines based on analysing the case of Tokyo (2020)…
Financial fair play and competitive balance in European football: a long term perspective
Raúl Serrano, Isabel Acero, Stuart Farquhar, Manuel Antonio Espitia EscuerThe paper analyzes the effects of financial fair play (FFP) in the competitive balance of European football industry throughout a long-term perspective.
National Olympic Committee sponsorship in small states: a case study with a focus on the Caribbean region
Jeeyoon Kim, Elizabeth Delia, Patrick WalshNational Olympic Committees (NOCs) in small states operate in a unique market (e.g. small population, confined market and limited private sector) that brings challenges in…
Rugby's Celtic fringe goes global – an economic analysis of the Pro14
Patrick Massey, Vincent HoganThe introduction of professionalism in 1995 posed serious challenges for Rugby Union in Ireland, Scotland and Wales given their limited fan bases and broadcast markets. It…
Non-profit sport collaboration effectiveness: how do the partner selection factors and the collaboration process matter?
Arthur Lefebvre, Géraldine Zeimers, Thierry ZintzThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between partner selection factors and effectiveness of collaboration between sport clubs, as well as the…
Leveraging strategies of recurring non-mega sporting events for host community development: a multiple-case study approach
Daichi Oshimi, Shiro YamaguchiThis study extends the event leverage model and applies the community development theory to explore how event managers can leverage recurring, non-mega sporting events for…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Kwame Agyemang
- Dr Nefertiti Walker
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