Books in the Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management series

This book provides a critical examination of the origins and development of stakeholder theory within sport management research and expands the existing literature by providing insights on stakeholding in sport from various perspectives, such as governance, communication, and marketing.

This book examines a range of contemporary issues related to the global delivery of sport management education. At a time of unprecedented change in Higher Education, the book looks closely at how sport management education can and should deliver positive outcomes in sport business and management outside of the university.

This is the first book to investigate the significance of Brexit for sport, with a particular focus on the regulatory and legal challenges that it poses, and the economic and political stresses that are likely to follow in its wake.

This book takes a close look at social media in sport and considers its significance for sport business and for the wider relationship between sport and society.

This book critically examines the roles and contributions of different organisations in the implementation of sport policy in the UK, and therefore provides an important guide to the complexities of implementing sport policy and of achieving policy goals through, and for, sport.

This is the first book to examine the significance of European Union antitrust law for the future of sport in Europe.

This is the first book to examine the significance of European Union antitrust law for the future of sport in Europe.

This is the first book in English to offer an overview of the development of the sport industry in Spain and Portugal, examining the social, economic, cultural, and political impact sport has had in this region and on world sport more broadly.

This is the first book to investigate the significance of Brexit for sport, with a particular focus on the regulatory and legal challenges that it poses, and the economic and political stresses that are likely to follow in its wake.

This book provides a critical examination of the origins and development of stakeholder theory within sport management research and expands the existing literature by providing insights on stakeholding in sport from various perspectives, such as governance, communication, and marketing.

This book examines a range of contemporary issues related to the global delivery of sport management education. At a time of unprecedented change in Higher Education, the book looks closely at how sport management education can and should deliver positive outcomes in sport business and management outside of the university.

This book fills an important gap in the sport governance literature by engaging in critical reflection on the concept of `good governance¿. It examines the theoretical perspectives that lead to different conceptualisations of governance and, therefore, to different standards for institutional quality.

This book represents an alternative perspective on international elite sport systems. It focusses on the embedded multi-level nature of leadership, and the scope that this might give for degrees of leadership autonomy and discretion.

This book examines the most important trends and developments in contemporary sport marketing around the world, shining new light on the importance of marketing and markets as the drivers of international sport business.

This book examines the global sports ecosystem through three central pillars: sport marketing, sports equipment manufacture and sales, and sport governance and organisation. It presents a nuanced and multi-faceted view of how the global sports economy works and its main strategic challenges and opportunities.

This book offers a critical examination of the latest published research on sport and environmental sustainability. It examines how strategic management, policy and education influence the relationship between sport and the natural environment, and how the advancement of knowledge via research journals can have an impact on policy and practice.

This book takes an international, evidence-based perspective in examining women in sport leadership and offers future directions for scholars and practitioners.

This book examines the most important trends and developments in contemporary sport marketing around the world, shining new light on the importance of marketing and markets as the drivers of international sport business.

This book examines the global sports ecosystem through three central pillars: sport marketing, sports equipment manufacture and sales, and sport governance and organisation. It presents a nuanced and multi-faceted view of how the global sports economy works and its main strategic challenges and opportunities.

This book explores elite youth sport policy and management across eighteen countries, examining issues such as why elite youth sport events have become more common; the attitude of selected stakeholders towards the growth in elite youth sport; how the interests of young elite athletes are protected; and how elite development systems are adjusted to cater for the requirements of youth athletes.

The sports agent has become a significant figure in contemporary sports business. Drawing on extensive empirical research into football around the world, this book explains what agents do, how their role has changed, why this is important for future sport business, and how understanding the role of the agent can help us understand labour markets and labour relations in an increasingly globalised sports industry. Focusing on the major European football leagues but also covering the MLS, smaller European leagues, South America, and the Far East, this book goes further than any other in illuminating an important but under-researched aspect of contemporary sport business.

The sports agent has become a significant figure in contemporary sports business. Drawing on extensive empirical research into football around the world, this book explains what agents do, how their role has changed, why this is important for future sport business, and how understanding the role of the agent can help us understand labour markets and labour relations in an increasingly globalised sports industry. Focusing on the major European football leagues but also covering the MLS, smaller European leagues, South America, and the Far East, this book goes further than any other in illuminating an important but under-researched aspect of contemporary sport business.

The Rio Olympics and FIFA World Cup in Brazil highlight the profound importance of sport in Latin America. This book is the first to offer a broad survey of the way that sport is managed, governed and organized across the Latin American region, drawing on cutting-edge contemporary scholarship in management, policy, sociology and history. The book explores key themes in Latin American sport, including the role of public institutions; the relationship between sport policy and political regimes; the structure and significance of national governing bodies and professional leagues; the impact of sporting mega-events, and the management and governance of soccer, the dominant sport in the region