Sport in the Iberian Peninsula Management, Economics and Policy

1          Sport in the Iberian Peninsula: An Introduction

            Jerónimo García-Fernández, Moisés Grimaldi-Puyana and Gonzalo A. Bravo 

2          Socio-Cultural and Historical Background of Sport in Spain and Portugal

            David Moscoso-Sánchez, Francisco Pinheiro and Xavier Pujadas 

3          European Union and Sport: Economy, Public Policy, and Legislation

            Pilar Aparicio-Chueca, Amal Elasri-Ejjaberi, Xavier Triadó-Ivern and Marc Blanch Casadesús 

4          The Sport Systems in Spain and Portugal

            Maria José Carvalho, María Josefa García and Marisa Sousa 

5          The Legal Framework of the Sports Industry in Spain and Portugal

            Vicente Javaloyes Sanchis and Ricardo Fernandes Cardoso 

6          Public Policies and Sport Participation in Spain and Portugal

            Fernando Lera-López, Antonio G. Gómez-Plana and António de Araújo Barros Maia 

7          From Buildings and Equipment to “Spaces” for Sports in Spain

            Juan Manuel Murua 

8          Sports Gambling in Spain

            Plácido Rodríguez and Levi Pérez 

9          The Iberian Fitness Industry: Experiences from Portugal and Spain

            Pablo Gálvez-Ruiz, Jerónimo García-Fernández, Celina Gonçalves and Virginia Alcaraz-Rodríguez 

10        Economic and Social Effects of Sporting Events and Organisations in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula

            Ferran Calabuig, David Parra Camacho and Josep Crespo Hervás 

11        Sports Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship in the Iberian Peninsula: A Bibliometric Analysis

            Alejandro Lara-Bocanegra, Paloma Escamilla-Fajardo, María Huertas González-Serrano, M. Rocío

           and Moisés Grimaldi-Puyana

12        The Spanish Football League and the Foreign Players

            Gabriel Chaves, Jaume García, Daniel Ortín and Federico Todeschini 

13        The Portuguese Football League ‘Liga Portugal’

            Thiago Santos, Pedro Fatela, Luís Vilar and Bernardo Gonçalves 

14        La Roja, Real Madrid and Barça: A Historic Perspective

            Carles Murillo and Francisco Puig 

15        Spanish Women’s Leagues and the Push Towards Professionalisation

            José Manuel Sánchez-Santos and Mary Elena Sánchez-Gabarre 

16        La Vuelta: Impact on Local Communities

            José Miguel Vegara-Ferri, José María López-Gullón, Arturo Díaz-Suárez and Salvador Angosto 

17        Traditional Games and Sports of the Iberian Peninsula as Tourist Attractions

            Gonzalo Ramírez-Macías, Augusto Rembrandt Rodríguez-Sánchez and Mª José Lasaga-Rodríguez 

18        Nautical Sports in Spain

            Israel Caraballo Vidal and José V. Gutierrez Manzanedo 

19        Global Brands from the Iberian Peninsula: Nadal, Gasol, Cristiano, and Mourinho

            Leonor Gallardo and Jorge García-Unanue 

20        Sport Governance in Portugal

            Luiz Haas and Tiago Ribeiro 

21        Evaluating the Performance of Spanish Sport Federations: A Multiple Goal Approach

            Patricio Sánchez-Fernández, Luis Carlos Sánchez and Angel Barajas

Biography

Jerónimo García-Fernández is Associate Professor in sports science in the department of physical education and sport at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. His research focuses on the management of fitness centers, customer loyalty, consumer perception, digital transformation, customer satisfaction, and analysis of professional profiles linked to the sport and fitness sector. In 2016, he was the President of the Ibero-American Congress on Sports Economics that took place in Spain, and in 2020 and 2021 was the President of the International Conference on Technology in Physical Activity and Sport. He is the CRDO (Chief Research and Development Officer) of Fitbe Spin-off, a university startup focused on consumer management in fitness centers. 

Moisés Grimaldi-Puyana is Associate Professor in sports science in the department of physical education and sport at the Universidad de Sevilla in Spain. His research examines the management of sport organizations, and particularly the perceived satisfaction and customer loyalty of clients in sport organizations. Moreover, he has studied the management and recreation of sport organizations, and conducted professional profiles linked to the sports sector. He has led multiple projects related to sport with agencies in both the public and private sectors. Many of these projects have focused on the transfer of researcher findings to the needs of these sports organizations. 

Gonzalo A. Bravo is Associate Professor of sport management in the College of Applied Human Sciences at West Virginia University, USA. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sport governance, international sport, research methods, and socio-cultural and ethical dimensions of sport. His research examines issues on organizational behavior, and the policy and governance of sport. He has given more than 100 presentations in sport management and sport sociology at conferences hosted all over the world, and been invited to give keynote addresses in universities in Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Macao, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United States, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.