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By Gashaw Abeza, Jimmy Sanderson
December 05, 2023
This book takes a close look at social media in sport and considers its significance for sport business and for the wider relationship between sport and society. Presenting new research, case studies and data, it examines the way people use social media, the changing art of managing social media ...
By Szczepan Kościółek
October 10, 2023
This is the first book to focus on crowdfunding in sport. Crowdfunding is an important new financial instrument that is becoming more popular with sports organisations, and this book examines the research evidence for crowdfunding and considers how it might be successfully implemented. Presenting ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
By Mike Rayner, Tom Webb, Ruth Sibson, Jacob K. Tingle
September 11, 2023
Drawing on original and innovative research from around the world, this book explores issues and opportunities relating to internationalising sport management curriculum. It explains how to design and implement an international curriculum, and therefore how to better equip graduates for work in an ...
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By Marc Keech, Iain Lindsey, John Hayton
July 18, 2023
This book critically examines the roles and contributions of different organisations in the implementation of sport policy in the UK and, therefore, provides an important guide to the complexities of implementing sport policy and of achieving policy goals through, and for, sport. Presenting ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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By Jerónimo García-Fernández, Moisés Grimaldi-Puyana, Gonzalo A. Bravo
November 03, 2022
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...
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By Gözde Ersöz, Meltem Ince Yenilmez
August 19, 2022
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 ...