The scope of this study is to examine the impact of intellectual capital on the profitability of European listed football clubs which are characterised as a human intensive industry. Selecting a sample from nine European countries over the period 2005-2010, the paper incorporates panel data...

The scope of this paper is to examine the relation between the athletic and financial performance of Greek football clubs and how the investment in player contracts (playing talent) impacts this relation. We selected a sample of 20 football clubs participating in the three professional divisions...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of corporate governance quality (namely board size, board independence, managerial ownership, institutional ownership, and CEO duality) on the profitability and viability of European Union’s football clubs over the period 2005-2009. Empirical...