Professionelle Sportvereinsmarken stehen vor der Herausforderung, den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg vom sportlichen abzukoppeln. Dies kann durch eine starke Sportvereinsmarke gewährleistet werden, welche das Verhalten externer Zielgruppen unabhängig vom sportlichen Erfolg beeinflusst. Zum Aufbau...

This book explores the key issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and reporting as applied to sports organizations, with particular attention to the Italian environment. It is divided into two parts, the first of which examines the general principles and reporting tools of CSR; these...

This book presents a review of the role of overconfidence in small firms and explores how biased judgment and decision-making can affect business performance. Whilst the overconfidence construct has been studied in detail, there are no systematic reviews of its role in SMEs as of yet. Examining...

This edited collection examines human resource management in organizations other than those that are set up to make a profit. Covering human resource management in a number of different kinds of mission-driven organizations, the book explores organizations in sectors and industries such as the...

This book presents an up-to-date portrait of the characteristics of sport clubs in various European countries and their role in society and the national sport system. Furthermore, it offers a cross-national comparative perspective of sport clubs in twenty European countries. Containing both...

This Brief identifies and contrasts the groups of National Basketball Association (NBA) expansion franchises and of any teams that relocated from one metropolitan area or city to another from 1950 to 2013. It discusses historical differences and similarities in the teams’ markets and...

This Brief identifies and contrasts the groups of expansion franchises and any teams that relocated from one metropolitan area or city to another within the National Football League (NFL) during three distinct periods from 1920 to 2013. It discusses historical differences and similarities...

The constantly growing number of arising referee corruption cases as well as their damage to the integrity of the sports society raises the question of why sports associations started availing themselves of referees as an instrument of contest design in the first place? Cedric Duvinage shows...

Tim Ströbel greift mit der Berechnung des Markenwerts ein zentrales Problem der betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung auf. Im Speziellen untersucht der Autor dabei die vielfältigen Zusammenhänge bzw. die Ursache-Wirkungsbeziehungen, die sich im Rahmen einer umfassenden Markenbewertung ergeben....

Um ihre angestrebten, betragsmäßig häufig erheblichen Investitionsziele realisieren zu können, greifen Fußballunternehmen immer häufiger auf Fan- oder Mittelstandsanleihen zurück. Meist führt die emotionale Bindung eines Fans zu seinem Verein dazu, dass die aus der Anleihe erwarteten...