Sport as a business : international, professional and commercial aspects

XVI, 263 S.

Ill., graph. Darst.

23 cm

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note:INTRODUCTION -- Sport as Business : International, Professional and Commercial Aspects / H. Dolles and S. Söderman -- PART I: SPORT CONSUMERS PERSPECTIVE -- '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 -- Decision-making styles in purchasing sport products : An international comparison between American and Korean college students / S. Bae -- Travel time elasticities in recreational sports : Empirical findings for the professionalization in sports facility management / T. Pawlowski, C. Breuer and P. Wicker -- PART II: SPORT EVENTS AND SPORT FACILITIES -- Perceptions of the impacts of major commercial sport event / C. Auld, K. M. Lloyd and J. Rieck -- Gender, race, and nationality : An examination of print media coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics / A. N. Eagleman and E. L. McNary -- Valorisation of sports facilities : A representation of the global value / B. Auge, A. Pedenon and A. Vernhet -- PART III: SPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNANCE -- Sports organizations, professionalisation and organizational conflict : A review of the literature / J. Schulz -- International and professional dimensions of National Governing Bodies : Insights from the Gaelic Athletic Association / A. Bourke -- 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 -- Business ecosystem co-evolution : The Ultimate Fighting Championships / S. Ford and C. Kerr -- Learning from failure : Is Major League Soccer repeating the mistakes of the North American Soccer League? / J. D. Francis -- Learning from success : Implementing a professional football league in Japan / H. Dolles and S. Söderman.

Machine generated contents note: ; INTRODUCTION ; Sport as Business : International, Professional and Commercial Aspects / H. Dolles and S. Söderman

PART I: SPORT CONSUMERS PERSPECTIVE ; '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

Decision-making styles in purchasing sport products : An international comparison between American and Korean college students / S. Bae

Travel time elasticities in recreational sports : Empirical findings for the professionalization in sports facility management / T. Pawlowski, C. Breuer and P. Wicker

PART II: SPORT EVENTS AND SPORT FACILITIES ; Perceptions of the impacts of major commercial sport event / C. Auld, K. M. Lloyd and J. Rieck

Gender, race, and nationality : An examination of print media coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics / A. N. Eagleman and E. L. McNary

Valorisation of sports facilities : A representation of the global value / B. Auge, A. Pedenon and A. Vernhet

PART III: SPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNANCE ; Sports organizations, professionalisation and organizational conflict : A review of the literature / J. Schulz

International and professional dimensions of National Governing Bodies : Insights from the Gaelic Athletic Association / A. Bourke

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

Business ecosystem co-evolution : The Ultimate Fighting Championships / S. Ford and C. Kerr

Learning from failure : Is Major League Soccer repeating the mistakes of the North American Soccer League? / J. D. Francis

Learning from success : Implementing a professional football league in Japan / H. Dolles and S. Söderman.

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