Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Volume 8 Issue 1

Understanding the emergence of sport entrepreneurship: policy considerations and agenda setting

Vanessa Ratten

New ways of sports entrepreneurship in the university

Antonio Jesús Sánchez-Oliver, Pablo Gálvez-Ruiz, Moisés Grimaldi-Puyana, Jesús Fernández-Gavira, Jerónimo García-Fernández

The purpose of this paper is to present a project called EmprendeSport, whose aim is to increase knowledge in entrepreneurship and sports in students, professors and professionals…

Entrepreneurial growth in elite team sport SME’s in Finland

Aila Ahonen

Entrepreneurship in the sport sector has become an important discussion topic amongst public policymakers in Finland, and the interface between entrepreneurial sport companies and…

How to detect potential sport intrapreneurs? Validation of the intrapreneurial intention scale with sport science students

Maria Huertas González-Serrano, Ferran Calabuig Moreno, Irena Valantine, Josep Crespo Hervás

The sport sector is a very competitive and dynamic industry, son intrapreneurial employees are needed. However, although entrepreneurial intentions in sport sciences students have…

Global brands in sports: identifying low-risk business opportunities

Alice Aguiar-Noury, Pedro Garcia-del-Barrio

The purpose of this paper is to accomplish several goals. First, it studies the relevance of the sports sector as part of the entertainment industry. Second, it identifies…

Interactions between financial efficiency and sports performance: Data for a sustainable entrepreneurial approach of European professional football clubs

Dina Miragaia, João Ferreira, Alexandre Carvalho, Vanessa Ratten

In the current economic climate, the huge rise in the levels of debt incurred by professional football clubs challenges the need to improve their efficiency levels. Hence…

Does the organizational climate predict the innovation in sports clubs?

Paloma Escamilla-Fajardo, Juan Núñez-Pomar, David Parra-Camacho

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of organizational climate (OC) (with its different dimensions) and type of category (international–national or regional–local…

The Universal Transformational Management Framework (UTMF): Facilitating entrepreneurship in and through sport to leave no one behind

Gerard Masdeu Yélamos, Catherine Carty, Úna Moynihan, Breda ODwyer

The purpose of this paper is to present the development and validation of the Universal Transformational Management Framework (UTMF), an entrepreneurial tool that guides the…

Intentions of entrepreneurship in sports science higher education: gender the moderator effect

Moisés Grimaldi Puyana, Pablo Gálvez-Ruiz, Antonio Jesús Sánchez-Oliver, Jerónimo García Fernández

The purpose of this paper is to understand the current relationship between factors such as desire and viability and entrepreneurial intention, using the Business Event Model as a…

Sports sponsorship: scientific coverage in academic journals

Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo, Amador Durán-Sánchez, José Álvarez-García, María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama

Sports sponsorship is considered a business strategy that allows for the mutual benefit of both parties; the sponsor achieves to position and make its brand known and those…

Exploring service quality and its customer consequences in the sports spectating sector

Konstantinos Koronios, Athanasios Kriemadis, Andreas Papadopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to investigate issues relevant to service quality and propose a conceptual model addressing the convictions held by consumers in relation to the…

Sport entrepreneurship and public policy: future trends and research developments

Vanessa Ratten

The purpose of this paper is to overcome the traditional general approach to sport policy by taking an entrepreneurial perspective. This helps link the fragmented literatures of…