Sport as a business
Subtitle: international, professional and commercial aspects
By: edited by Harald Dolles and Sten Söderman
Contributors: Soderman, Sten
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780230249257
Subjects: Management; Sports administration; International cooperation; Economic aspects; Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General
Description: "Sport has a number of distinctive characteristics which impact on the extent of its globalization. This book seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the unique development in sports, its governance, its logic of co-creation of value and the advancement of the industry towards internationalisation, professionalisation and commercialisation."--
Notes: Includes bibliography and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: INTRODUCTION; title: Sport as Business : International, Professional and Commercial Aspects / H. Dolles and S. Söderman; title: PART I: SPORT CONSUMERS PERSPECTIVE; title: 'As American as mom, apple pie and Dutch soccer?' : The team identification of foreign Ajax F.C. supporters / A. K. Kerr, N. F. Smith and A. Anderson; title: Decision-making styles in purchasing sport products : An international comparison between American and Korean college students / S. Bae; title: Travel time elasticities in recreational sports : Empirical findings for the professionalization in sports facility management / T. Pawlowski, C. Breuer and P. Wicker; title: PART II: SPORT EVENTS AND SPORT FACILITIES; title: Perceptions of the impacts of major commercial sport event / C. Auld, K. M. Lloyd and J. Rieck; title: Gender, race, and nationality : An examination of print media coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics / A. N. Eagleman and E. L. McNary; title: Valorisation of sports facilities : A representation of the global value / B. Auge, A. Pedenon and A. Vernhet; title: PART III: SPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNANCE; title: Sports organizations, professionalisation and organizational conflict : A review of the literature / J. Schulz; title: International and professional dimensions of National Governing Bodies : Insights from the Gaelic Athletic Association / A. Bourke; title: The role of the central broker and its influence on effectiveness in an intentionally created sports professionalisation network / S. Martin, M. Benson-Rea and N. Palakshappa; title: Business ecosystem co-evolution : The Ultimate Fighting Championships / S. Ford and C. Kerr; title: Learning from failure : Is Major League Soccer repeating the mistakes of the North American Soccer League? / J. D. Francis; title: Learning from success : Implementing a professional football league in Japan / H. Dolles and S. Söderman.