Sports Business Management

Decision Making Around the Globe
3. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-73848-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 692 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This new edition of a popular and accessible textbook equips students with a comprehensive understanding of the sport industry. With a focus on management, strategy, marketing and finance, the decision-making approach of the book emphasizes key concepts while translating them into practice. Content specific to each of the vital stakeholders in the sport business is included.

Foster, O’Reilly and Dávila present a set of modular chapters supported with international examples. Supplementary materials available to instructors include Stanford cases, Mini-Cases and Assignments. The book includes content about sport organizations, such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, the European Premier Leagues and Major North American Professional Sport Leagues.

This is an ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of sports business and management.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davila, Antonio

Foster, George

O'Reilly, Norm

Dávila, Antonio

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sportveranstaltungen, Sportmanagement, Teams & Clubs
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction to Sports Business Management 1 Decision Making: A Structured Approach 2 The World of Sports and its Business Ecosystem 3 Global Sporting Bodies, Federations, and Associations Part II: Stakeholders 4 Leagues 5 New Sporting Leagues 6 Professional Athletes and Player's Associations/Unions 7 Clubs, Management, and Valuation 8 Club Player-Side Decision Making 9 College Sports I: Overview and NCAA Decision Making 10 College Sports II: Conference and College Level Decision-Making Part III: Applications  11 Sports Engagement: Live Sport Event Time and Beyond Live Sport Event Time 12 Sport Marketing 13 Sports Sponsorship I: Strategic Aspects 14 Sport Sponsorship II: Activation, Evaluation & Servicing 15 Athlete Sponsorship, Endorsement, and Branding 16 Sporting Events and Mega-Events 17 Sporting Venues and Other Related Facility Investments 18 Venue-Related Revenue Streams and Ticket Pricing 19 Sports Gambling, Fantasy Sports 20 Sports Media Part I: A Shifting Landscape with Increasing Consumer Options 21 Sports Media-Part II:  Decision Making by Key Stakeholders 22 Crisis Management

Über Autor(innen)

George Foster is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Management at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, USA.

Norm O’Reilly is Dean of College of Business at the University of New England in Maine, USA.

Antonio Dávila is Professor, HEC Business School, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.