Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management
Governance, Regulation and Management of Global Sport Organisations
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By Emmanuel Bayle
November 04, 2024
This book is a bold and ambitious analysis of the challenges facing global sport in the 21st century and how those challenges can be met through good governance, management and regulation. Connecting the political and managerial dimensions of sport, from international governing bodies such as the ...
Sport Management, Innovation and the COVID-19 Crisis
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By Gözde Ersöz, Meltem İnce Yenilmez
May 27, 2024
This book looks at how sport and sports organisations have had to innovate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Against a backdrop of lockdowns, empty stadia and a fast-moving public health crisis, the book presents fascinating case studies of innovation and crisis management in sport, with valuable ...
Sport in the Iberian Peninsula: Management, Economics and Policy
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By Jerónimo García-Fernández, Moisés Grimaldi-Puyana, Gonzalo A. Bravo
May 27, 2024
This is the first book in English to offer an overview of the development of the sport industry in Spain and Portugal, examining the social, economic, cultural, and political impact sport has had in this region and on world sport more broadly. Drawing on sources in Spanish and Portuguese, the book...
Digital Business Models in Sport
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By Mateusz Tomanek, Wojciech Cieslinski, Michal Polasik
January 29, 2024
Digital technologies are having a profound impact on sport business, opening up new opportunities to generate income and value. This book explores the phenomenon of digitization in sport management, with a particular focus on business models and how they are being transformed in this new digital ...
Sport Management Education: Global Perspectives and Implications for Practice
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By Mike Rayner, Tom Webb
September 25, 2023
This book examines a range of contemporary issues related to the global delivery of sport management education. At a time of unprecedented change in Higher Education, the book looks closely at how sport management education can and should deliver positive outcomes in sport business and management ...
Sport and Brexit: Regulatory Challenges and Legacies
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By Jacob Kornbeck
September 25, 2023
This is the first book to investigate the significance of Brexit for sport, with a particular focus on the regulatory and legal challenges that it poses, and the economic and political stresses that are likely to follow in its wake. Written by a team of leading researchers working across ...
Stakeholder Analysis and Sport Organisations
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By Anna-Maria Strittmatter, Josef Fahlén, Barrie Houlihan
September 25, 2023
This book provides a critical examination of the origins and development of stakeholder theory within sport management research and expands the existing literature by providing insights on stakeholding in sport from various perspectives, such as governance, communication and marketing. Examining ...
Embedded Multi-Level Leadership in Elite Sport
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By Svein S. Andersen, Per Øystein Hansen, Barrie Houlihan
May 31, 2023
This book represents an alternative perspective on international elite sport systems. It focusses on the embedded multi-level nature of leadership, and the scope that this might give for degrees of leadership autonomy and discretion. The chapters show how mechanisms of leadership on different ...
Good Governance in Sport: Critical Reflections
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By Arnout Geeraert, Frank van Eekeren
May 31, 2023
This book fills an important gap in the sport governance literature by engaging in critical reflection on the concept of ‘good governance’. It examines the theoretical perspectives that lead to different conceptualisations of governance and, therefore, to different standards for institutional ...
EU Antitrust Law and Sport Governance: The Next Frontier?
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By Jacob Kornbeck
December 23, 2022
This is the first book to examine the significance of European Union antitrust law for the future of sport in Europe. Drawing on multi-disciplinary perspectives from law, economics, sport management and politics, and including case studies about the European Super League (ESL) and the ...
Sport Officiating: Recruitment, Development, and Retention
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By Lori Livingston, Susan L. Forbes, Nick Wattie, Ian Cunningham
June 13, 2022
Sport officials are tasked with maintaining order and adjudicating sport contests. Given their multifaceted role in enforcing rules, standardizing competitions, and keeping sport safe for all participants, they are a requisite part of the sport workforce. With ongoing reports of annual attrition ...
Sport and the Pandemic: Perspectives on Covid-19's Impact on the Sport Industry
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By Paul M. Pedersen, Brody J. Ruihley, Bo Li
May 06, 2022
This book takes a close look at how the sport industry has been impacted by the global Coronavirus pandemic, as entire seasons have been cut short, events have been cancelled, athletes have been infected, and sport studies programs have moved online. Crucially, the book also asks how the industry ...