2nd Edition

Sport Funding and Finance Second edition

By Bob Stewart Copyright 2015
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Sport Funding and Finance provides a complete introduction to the macro-level and micro-level aspects of sport finance. It describes the evolution of sport from a kitchen-table operation into the sophisticated, boardroom-driven global financial industry that it is today. It uses the professional sports leagues of the US and Europe as an international benchmark, and explains why the financial... Read more

Chapter 1. Financial Literacy and the Culture of Sport  Chapter 2. Sport as a Special Form of Business  Chapter 3. Financing Big Time Sport  Chapter 4. Wealth, Profits and Inequality in Sport Enterprises  Chapter 5. Profiteering from Sport Cartels  Chapter 6. Complying with Financial Standards  Chapter 7. Constructing the Accounts  Chapter 8. Making Sense of the Accounts  Chapter 9. Budgeting for Financial Control  Chapter 10. Price Setting  Chapter 11. Interrogating the Accounts  Chapter 12. Dealing with Financial Mismanagement  Chapter 13. Ensuring Financial Transparency  Chapter 14. Doing Feasibility Studies  Chapter 15. Undertaking Cost-Benefit Analysis

Biography

Bob Stewart is Associate Professor in Sport Management and Policy at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. He is also an affiliate of the University’s Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL). Bob has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate sport management programs for fifteen years, and is one of Australia’s leading sport management educators. His primary responsibilities have been sport finance, the management of drugs and supplements in sport settings, and sport regulation.

"Overall, the book is very well written and uses interesting case studies to illustrate key concepts. However, the second half is geared more toward those in sports business administration/management than general readers." Summing Up: Recommended,

--F. H. Smith, Davidson College, CHOICE Reviews, March 2015