Sports business management decision making around the globe

This new edition of a widely adopted 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 specifi...

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Main Authors: Foster, George 1948- (Author), O'Reilly, Norm 1973- (Author), Davila, Antonio (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2021
Edition:Second edition
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Summary:This new edition of a widely adopted 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 D{acute}avila present a set of modular chapters supported with international examples, mini-cases, and exercises to help students apply the decision-making approach to real-world situations, involving organizations such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, the European Premier Leagues and Major North American Professional Sport Leagues. Harvard/Stanford cases are updated for the second edition, and entirely new chapters cover the latest topics, including eSports and Fantasy sport, outside-of-venue revenue streams, and crisis management. This is an ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of sports business and management, supported by a fully updated companion website featuring PowerPoint slides, test questions, teaching notes, and other tools for instructors
Physical Description:viii, 616 pages illustrations 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780367356057 (hbk)
9780367356064 (pbk)