INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORT
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Edited By Trevor Slack, Professor of Sport Management at the University of Alberta and adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. Milena Parent, assistant professor in sport management at the University of Ottawa in Canada, specializing in large-scale sporting events. She teaches
sport administration courses in both official languages (English and French) at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Description International Perspectives on the Management of Sport is the first multi-contributed book that addresses the various aspects of sport
management by some of the most brilliant experts throughout the world. Drawing on the knowledge of international sport management gurus,
this book provides cutting-edge ideas from those at the forefront of the industry. A particular emphasis is placed on the rapidly evolving
fields of Organizational Theory and Economic Policy and their relation to sport.
Contributors include Wladimir Andreff, Laurence Chalip,
Jean-Loup Chappelet, Packianathan Chelladurai, Rodney Fort, Bill Gerard, Dennis Howard, Trevor Slack and many others.
Audience
Academics and recent post graduate students in the sport management field
2ndary:
Possible appeal in some upper-level sport management courses
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction (Parent, Gerrard and Slack)
Organization theory
Economics/Finance
Future Research
References
Part 1: Institutions
and Environments
Chapter 2: Athletic fundraising and institutional development: Friend or foe? (Stinson and Howard)
Research stream
overview
Central findings/themes
Conclusions/Implications
References
Chapter 3: Understanding sport participation – A cross level
analysis from the perspectives of new institutionalism and Bourdieu (Skille and Skirstad)
Norwegian sport
The Sports City Program (SCP)
Theories of field: New institutionalism and Bourdieu
Explaining sport participation: Different levels of analysis
Concluding remarks
References
Chapter 4: Network perspectives of sport organizations (Quatman and Chelladurai)
What are networks?
What is the network
perspective?
The network perspective and organizations
Practical applications of a network perspective
Summary and conclusion
References
Chapter 5: The political economy of managing outdoor sport environments (Trendafilova and Chalip)
The tragedy of the commons
The Coase
Theorem
Collective action
Public policies and regulations
Voluntary cooperation
Subcultures and sport
Implications
References
Chapter 6: The institutional dimension of the sports economy in transition countries (Poupaux and Andreff)
The collapse of the Soviet-style
sports economy
Institution building and economic transformation in transition economies
Assessing institutional change in transitional
sports economies
Concordance between sports and economic institutions in transition countries
Conclusion
References
Part 2: Professional
Leagues
Chapter 7: The competitive balance within and between European football countries (Goossens and Kesenne)
Theoretical model
Benchmark: No broadcasting/sponsorship, closed labor and product market
Introduction of live broadcasting and shirt-sponsorship
Introduction
of the Champions League with an open labor market and large increase in broadcast rights
A first empirical verification
Conclusions
References
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Chapter 8: Beyond competitive balance (Kringstad and Gerrard)
Uncertainty of outcome, competitive balance and the theory of professional sports leagues
Competitive balance in the simple league context
Competitive Balance in More Complex League Structures
Measuring competitive balance in the North American major leagues and European
club football
Some concluding thoughts
References
Chapter 9: Transactions cost variation and vertical integration: Major League Baseball?s
minor league affiliates (Winfree, McCluskey and Fort)
Vertical integration in MLB
Transaction costs and demand variation: Specification
?The Seven Hypotheses:? Results and further evaluation
Ownership structure and vertical integration
Conclusions
References
Chapter
10: Organization specific training and player salaries: Evidence from the National Basketball Association (Darling and Maxcy)
Data and
models
Discussion of results
Conclusions and suggestions for future research
References
Part 3: Event and Voluntary Organizations
Chapter 11: The governance of the International Olympic Committee (Kubler and Chappelet)
The IOC's management
Managing the IOC?s management
The IOC?s regulatory mechanisms
Harmonizing the regulatory mechanisms
The metagovernance of the IOC
Conclusion
References
Chapter
12: Structural factors impacting the volunteer-professional staff relationship in large-scale sporting events (Parent and Slack)
Methodology
Results and discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: A typology of sport sponsorship activity (Thompson and Speed)
Taxonomy
and typologies
Conceptual framework
The dimensions of classification: Targets and objectives
Sponsorship typology
Empirical use of
the typology
Theoretical use of the typology
References
Chapter 14: Understanding Control in Voluntary Sport Organizations (Byers,
Henry and Slack)
Past research
Underpinnings of a new conception of control
Methods
Results and discussion
Conclusions
References
Chapter 15: Sports clubs – Computer usage – Emotions (Friederici and Heinemann)
Thematic elements
Computer technology in sports clubs
Emotions in computer usage
Concluding remarks
References
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