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Publication date: 7 May 2019

Structure and analyze the football value chain in Brazil

Rosiane Serrano, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Ricardo Augusto Cassel, Aline Dresch and Maria Isabel Wolf Motta Morandi

Football is deployed into various segments and consists of a complex value chain, with interrelationships and circularities. It is relevant in various segments and…

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Purpose

Football is deployed into various segments and consists of a complex value chain, with interrelationships and circularities. It is relevant in various segments and therefore it is important to understand the structure. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to present a model of a football value chain and the managerial implications inherent to this chain.

Design/methodology/approach

This research used a field study as its methodology, developing a semi-structured questionnaire containing open-ended questions about the representativeness of the football value chain. In-depth interviews with specialists in football were performed to collect data.

Findings

The results of the interviews indicated that the theoretical model is representative. Furthermore, through validation, the relevance and representativeness of the football value chain was shown, as well as its interrelationships with the other commodity and service segments. In addition, it was found that this segment is relevant and influential in the national and international market, and can be considered a factor of economic and social development.

Research limitations/implications

This paper provides a view of the actors who make up the football value chain, and also supplies a complementary view to the models of chains presented in the theoretical review, enabling the provision of evidence on the axis with greater added value as a new step. The limitation of this research involves the context approached, because as identified throughout the investigation, this context is complex and dynamic. In this way, the linear approach used to construct this chain led to a reduced view of reality and of present relationships.

Practical implications

The model shows the presence of the main actors and the structure for the transformation of raw material into a final product, and is useful to understand the existing relationships and the layers of added value.

Social implications

The evaluation of the conceptual model of football value chain confirms that this is a professionalized chain, which generates a significant number of direct and indirect jobs.

Originality/value

The authors propose a model of a football value chain which is complementary to the theoretical review developed, exposing a linkage of the players present in this chain and at what stage they are present, and supplies the managerial implications inherent to this.

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International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, vol. 20 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSMS-02-2017-0013
ISSN: 1464-6668

Keywords

  • Value chain
  • Football
  • Model of a football value chain
  • Theoretical review

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Article
Publication date: 11 March 2019

The Chinese plan for football development: a perspective from innovation theory

Emanuel Leite Junior and Carlos Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to report a critical analysis of the plan recently launched by the Chinese Government for the development of the football industry in China…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report a critical analysis of the plan recently launched by the Chinese Government for the development of the football industry in China. The analysis encompasses the impact exerted by the new policy instrument on the Eurocentric trend that configured the power relations in the football realm, as well as the challenges raised by barriers deeply rooted in culture that Chinese authorities should face in order to foster pervasive change and thus create the conditions for success.

Design/methodology/approach

The analysis of the policy document has been carried out under the light of the theory of innovation, namely, the contributions of Peter Drucker, who looks at innovation as a means to foster change in the social and economic environment, inducing new patterns of behaviour and creating new habits. This theoretical framework provides ground to the analytical endeavour because the Chinese plan for football development presents the overall goal of shifting the habits of sporting practice and consumption.

Findings

The first and most visible “innovative” effect of the policy took the form of a shock provoking an unprecedented change in the geopolitics of football and the inherent disturbance in the traditional Eurocentric structure of football power relations. At the domestic level, the Chinese Government is assuming the “educating” role in order to change behaviour and habits, that is, to ensure the transformative power necessary to overcome barriers deeply rooted in culture. Accordingly, rather than the availability of financial resources, the capacity to materialise this pervasive switch in behaviour and habits in terms of football practice and consumption is the major challenge, the one of a social innovation endeavour.

Originality/value

The research reported in this paper provides an original and innovative approach to the analysis of a sports relevant public policy document, namely, because of the theoretical framework wrapping up the analytical endeavour.

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Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, vol. 9 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-10-2017-0067
ISSN: 2042-678X

Keywords

  • China
  • Football
  • Innovation
  • Eurocentrism

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Publication date: 7 December 2017

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Sport Business in Leading Economies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-563-620171014
ISBN: 978-1-78743-564-3

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Publication date: 7 December 2017

Comparative Analyses

James J. Zhang, James Du and Jerry J. Wang

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Sport Business in Leading Economies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-563-620171012
ISBN: 978-1-78743-564-3

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Publication date: 18 November 2015

“There will not be a World Cup”: The Kratophanous Power of the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Benjamin Rosenthal and Flavia Cardoso

This paper discusses the evolving nature of the symbolic meaning of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Exploring the kratophanous power of soccer in Brazil, we seek to…

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This paper discusses the evolving nature of the symbolic meaning of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Exploring the kratophanous power of soccer in Brazil, we seek to explain how the relationship that Brazilians had with the 2014 FIFA World Cup reflects profound changes in a mutating society that has deep emotional connections with soccer but at the same time has started to reject the misuse of public resources and struggles to see corruption as a fact of life.

Methodology/approach

The authors conducted a netnography on Facebook communities and on Instagram, reviewed documentaries and short films, as well as press articles on the subject. Data was collected both retrospectively and concurrently. Analysis used open coding, moving up from the emic meanings extracted from the texts to an etic account of the phenomena (Cherrier & Murray, 2007; Thompson, 1997; Thompson & Haytko, 1997).

Findings

We argue that the duality of the Brazilian culture and the kratophanous power of soccer help understand the evolving nature of the relationship Brazilians had with the 2014 FIFA World Cup. We sustain that soccer in Brazil is viewed both as a sport – representing democracy and the hope of social mobility – and as an industry – echoing dissatisfaction with the status quo. Even if ideologically opposed to what the event represented, consumers were bound by very strong cultural connections built around soccer as a sport, a national passion. This changing nature of feelings and attitudes echoes marketplace tensions of a country passing through a democratization maturity process and of a culture in which its citizens find it easier to attempt to be many things at the same time than to take a stand.

Research limitations/implications

This research analyzes the role of social tensions and national passions in relation to a global industry (soccer) and a mega event (the FIFA World Cup). We have looked at the influence of macro cultural forces and tension forces in a sporting event as our findings cannot be understood outside the context of network-based power (Labrecque, vor dem Esche, Mathwick, Novak, & Hofacker, 2013) with Brazilians mobilizing the structure of social networks in favor of their contextual interests. The tense and dynamic political environment in which this research was conducted shed some light on why the #naovaitercopa changed its meaning overtime.

Originality/value

The context of this research contributes to the literature on boycotting (Kozinets & Handelman, 2004; Lee, Motion, & Conroy, 2009), considering that most previous studies had not extensively explored situations where protests arise, obtain significant engagement, yet end up being unsuccessful. We answers the call made by Izberk-Bilgin (2010) for understanding how and why consumer attitudes toward certain types of consumption may change overtime and we demonstrate how the FIFA World Cup possesses kratophanous power in Brazil, and how this characteristic, which is strongly rooted in local culture, contributed to the failure of the boycott.

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Consumer Culture Theory
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0885-211120150000017018
ISBN: 978-1-78560-323-5

Keywords

  • New social movements
  • mega events
  • kratophany
  • activism
  • local culture
  • netnography

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Publication date: 15 October 2018

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Seven Faces of Women’s Sport
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-710-420181010
ISBN: 978-1-78743-711-1

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Article
Publication date: 8 July 2019

An exploration into the understanding of football value chain in south of Brazil

Rosiane Serrano, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Ricardo Augusto Cassel, Priscila Ferraz Soares and Fabio Sartori Piran

Football is significant in the global economic context. However, the same significance is not identified in the value added to the chain, as the elements that make it up…

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Football is significant in the global economic context. However, the same significance is not identified in the value added to the chain, as the elements that make it up act in a disintegrated and independent manner with undesired effects. Consequently, it is necessary to structure the undesired effects to seek the basic causes that sustain this problematic situation. Thus, this paper aims to use a CRT to structure the undesired effects and basic causes that limit the positive economic impacts of the south Brazilian football value chain.

Design/methodology/approach

A semi-structured questionnaire was applied with questions about the existing constraints. Based on the answers in the interviews, the current reality tree was elaborated, premised on identifying the basic causes that sustain the undesirable effects detected.

Findings

Among the main results, it was identified that management problems of the traditional leaders of football clubs and federations are considered the main reason why south of Brazil football cannot fully exploit its economic potential.

Originality/value

It is evidenced that the paper shows the undesired effect that has the most impact on the development of this chain, and it is important to propose improvements to its root causes, aiming at greater efficacy of the resulting actions.

Details

International Journal of Organizational Analysis, vol. 27 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-12-2017-1311
ISSN: 1934-8835

Keywords

  • Theory of constraints
  • Economic
  • CRT
  • Football value chain
  • Undesired effects

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Book part
Publication date: 7 December 2017

The Sports Industry in Brazil

Bárbara Schausteck de Almeida, Juliano de Souza and Wanderley Marchi Júnior

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Sport Business in Leading Economies
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-563-620171003
ISBN: 978-1-78743-564-3

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Publication date: 1 April 2015

How price bundling affects football ticket purchases and consumption behaviour

Claudio Hoffmann Sampaio, Jefferson Dobner Sordi and Marcelo Gattermann Perin

This paper investigates the transaction decoupling phenomenon in purchase and consumption of football match tickets. The theoretical approach describes several economical…

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This paper investigates the transaction decoupling phenomenon in purchase and consumption of football match tickets. The theoretical approach describes several economical constructs behind individual decision-making behaviour, including sunk costs, mental accounting and coupling. Results indicate that people who buy bundled tickets are less likely to use their tickets than those who purchase individual ones. Furthermore, the phenomenon proved to be a valid theory in an actual Brazilian football ticket purchase and consumption scenario, confirming that rational elements can also be part of sports consumption. Thus, it can be stated that the type of purchase (bundle or single tickets) influences consumer decision-making.

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International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, vol. 16 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSMS-16-03-2015-B004
ISSN: 1464-6668

Keywords

  • price bundling
  • sunk costs
  • transaction decoupling
  • football match tickets
  • decision-making behaviour

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Publication date: 18 December 2020

Gambling with leadership succession in Brazilian football: head coach turnovers and team performance

Matheus Galdino, Pamela Wicker and Brian P. Soebbing

Although leadership succession is a popular area of study across different professional sports leagues, existing research has largely ignored South America despite…

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Although leadership succession is a popular area of study across different professional sports leagues, existing research has largely ignored South America despite Brazilian football seeming to surpass the limits of coaching turnovers in comparison to any other league worldwide.

Design/methodology/approach

This study examines the causes and consequences of 594 head coach turnovers in the Brasileirão from 2003 to 2018. A comprehensive longitudinal dataset was compiled (n = 13,012) and a series of regression analysis evaluated the determinants of coaching replacements as well as their effect on team performance.

Findings

Statistical results revealed that coaching survival is significantly determined by a negative spell of three to four games, parallel competitions and performance expectations with three games in advance. Regarding performance outcomes, it takes seven games for a slight sign of improvement to be identified after a coach turnover, but no clear positive effects are recognized as an aftermath, supporting the ritual scapegoating theory.

Practical implications

The findings suggest that decision makers should consider the importance of a rational evaluation and the crucial component of time instead of judging coaches based on subjectivity and immediate results. Meanwhile, coaches should avoid voluntary turnovers, exercising priorities ahead of continental cups and sequences with few points accumulated.

Originality/value

This investigation discloses a valuable reference for coaches, sport managers and academic scholars interested in Brazilian football, as it extends knowledge development and theoretical understanding for a region that still lacks scientific evidence to back up its practical assumptions in sports.

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Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, vol. ahead-of-print no. ahead-of-print
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SBM-06-2020-0059
ISSN: 2042-678X

Keywords

  • Brazil
  • Coaching
  • Football
  • Leadership
  • Performance

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