1. The protection and enhancement of sport through responsible corporate governance / Mohammed Ben Sulayem -- 2. Bidding for major international sporting events / Kamilla Swart, Urmilla Bob and Douglas Michele Turco -- 3. The management and retention of sport volunteers: lessons for the Middle...

The Middle East is one of the fastest growing and significant markets in world sport, as well as a powerful source of investment in sport. Bids for the Olympics in 2020 and the soccer World Cup in 2022, as well as remarkable investments in Formula One motor racing, horse racing and English...

This paper shows that firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) provide training to their workers less frequently than firms in other regions and yet seem to be more in need of it. Utilizing firm level data from the Enterprise Surveys for over 100 countries, it attempts to explain that...