The aim of this study is to empirically address the following research questions using 2001-2015 data from the German League Bundesliga: Is there a relationship between players’ salary and league table ranking? How distinct is the social inequality of the German League Bundesliga? How strong...

This paper analyses two of these organizational types more closely and compares the decision-making structures of companies and communities of interests (of which clubs, and thus football clubs, are a subcategory).

Our main question in this paper is: Which motivational and structural prerequisites supports knowledge management? We will develop a theoretical model to answer these questions and illustrate it with three case studies.