Importance-performance analysis (IPA) is an analytic technique that generates a two-dimensional importance-performance grid, where the values of importance and performance across attributes are plotted against each other. This technique is used to assist service and other firms in prioritizing...

Increasingly it is recognised that sport, especially professional sport, is a rich area for economic analysis. The book sets out to explain the economic factors behind the growth and development of professional sport and sports leagues, and to demonstrate how economic analysis may be used to...

Casual employment is steadily increasing its share of total employment in Australia. This paper analyses some of the factors that have led to this situation by extending the work of Simpson, Dawkins and Madden (1997). The results, while confirming some of their research and clarifying the role...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors underpinning occupational success. This is defined, first, in terms of the chances of obtaining professional and managerial jobs and then, having secured such jobs, in terms of the monetary rewards received. The study is based on unit record...

A central issue in the economics of sport is the degree of competitive balance in sporting contests. The importance attached to competitive balance is predicated on the belief that it is uncertainty about the outcomes of sporting contests that attracts spectators and sponsors. In a perfectly...

The formation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 sought to unlock the commercial potential that the popularity of T20 cricket offered by modeling itself on football’s English Premier League. The IPL acted as a holding company, securing the participation of players through a guaranteed...