Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue of Management Decision and discuss the key question “Should sport be taken seriously?”. Design/methodology/approach – The themes of the special issue are discussed and each paper is introduced. Findings – Sport...

Purpose – This article aims to provide an original explanation of the outcome of contests using a performing‐competing framework. Design/methodology/approach – In developing a conceptual model to explain the outcome of contests the article develops a set of assumptions that are supported...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the extent to which recent changes in the UK's higher education sector are likely to increase the level of competition and change the behaviour of UK higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a...