Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management

by Simon Chadwick (Editor), Daniel Parnell (Editor), Paul Widdop (Editor), Christos Anagnostopoulos (Editor)

Overview

Soccer is the world’s most valuable sport, generating bigger revenues, as well as being watched and played by more people, than any other. It is virtually impossible to understand the business of sport without understanding the football industry. This book surveys contemporary football in unparalleled breadth and depth.

Presenting critical insights from world-leading football scholars and introducing football’s key organisations, leagues and emerging nations, it explores key themes from governance and law to strategy and finance, as well as cutting edge topics such as analytics, digital media and the women’s game.

This is essential reading for all students, researchers and practitioners working in football, sport business, sport management or mainstream business and management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138579071
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2018
Series:	Routledge International Handbooks
Pages:	644
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Simon Chadwick is Professor of Eurasian Sport and Director of the Centre for the Eurasian Sport Industry at emlyon business school (based in Paris and Shanghai). He is also a Founding Director of the China Soccer Observatory at the University of Nottingham, UK and regularly works with organisations in football across the world, including clubs, federations, commercial partners, event organisers and governments. He tweets: @Prof_Chadwick.

Daniel Parnell is an Associate Professor in Sport Business at the University of Liverpool Management School, UK. Dan’s research interests lie in business management, policy, and social and economic networks in sport. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Managing Sport and Leisure and is the co-founder of The Football Collective, a global network of football scholars. He is also a co-editor of the Routledge book series ‘Critical Research in Football’. On top of this, Dan maintains extensive links within professional sport clubs, is trustee of Sport Leaders UK and is CEO of the Association of Sporting Directors. He tweets from: @parnell_daniel.

Paul Widdop is Senior Research Fellow in Sport Business at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His research explores social and economic networks on the consumption and production of Sport. He has published widely in areas of sport and popular culture including articles in Journal of Consumer Culture, Cultural Sociology, Cultural Trends, Political Behaviour, Electoral Studies, and Leisure Sciences.

Christos Anagnostopoulos is the Deputy Head of Business & Management School at University of Central Lancashire (Cyprus campus) and an Associate Professor in Sport Management at Molde University College, Norway. His research interests lie in corporate social responsibility, governance, and more recently entrepreneurship and positive organisational behaviour in sport. Christos serves as the General Secretary for the Cyprus Basketball Federation Foundation as well as an editorial board member in nine major academic journals serving sport management. He tweets: @chrisanagno.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Handbook of Football Business and Management, 2. A Framework for Diversification Decisions in Professional Football, 3. Global Football: Defining the rules of the changing game, 4. Structures and Policies at the main European football leagues: Evolution and Recent Changes, 5. Points, Pounds and Politics in the Governance of Football, 6. Contemporary Issues in the Management of Grassroots Football, 7. Football Law, 8. Football and Marketing, 9. Digital and Social Media, 10. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Football: Exploring Modes of CSR Implementation, 11. Agents and Intermediaries, 12. Managing Performance in Elite Professional Football, 13. The Sporting Director: Exploring Current Practice and Challenges within Elite Football, 14. Strategic Management in Football Organisations, 15. Finance and Accounting in Football, 16. Sponsorships, Stadia and Naming Rights, 17. Venue Management in Football, 18. Human Resource Management in Football, 19. Fans, Spectators, Consumers in Football, 20. Sports Business Analytics: the past, the present and the future, 21. Leagues, Tournaments and Competitions, 22. Football, Networks and Relationships, 23. Leveraging Football Events, 24. The labour markets of professional football players, 25. Value Management in Football: A Framework to Develop and Analyse Competitive Advantage, 26. Supply Chain Management in Professional Football, 27. Risk and Crisis Management, 28. Women and Football, 29. Managing match officials: The influence of business and the impact of finance in an era of Premier League dominance, 30. Perspectives on Ethics and Integrity in Football, 31. Talent Management, 32. Retailing in the Football Industry, 33. Sport Licensed Products in the Football Industry, 34. FIFA, 35. UEFA, 36. CONMEBOL: South American Confederation of Football, 37. Asian Football Confederation (AFC), 38. Confederation of African Football (CAF), 39. CONCACAF, 40. Oceania Football Confederation, 41. Football in China, 42. Business and Governance of Football in Qatar, 43. Football in Brazil, 44. Football in Turkey, 45. Management of Football in India, 46. Soccer in the United States, 47. The Rise and Rise of the World’s Favourite Sport

Editorial Reviews

"This handbook - which could be used as a primary textbook for a football-specific course or as supplemental reading for a wide variety of sport management courses - provides expert and casual readers an abundance of content that can be used to engage in any discussion involving the game or business of football." – Braden Norris, Indiana University, International Journal of Sport Communication

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