| Descript |
xxix, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface & Acknowledgement -- List of Contributors -- 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. |
| Subject |
Sports administration -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sports administration -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Sport. |
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Management. |
| Alt Author |
Parent, Milena M.
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Slack, Trevor, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9780750682374 (alk. paper) |
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075068237X (alk. paper) |
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