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Managing Sports Teams

Economics, Strategy and Practice

  • Offers a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of team sports management
  • Shares the expertise and knowhow of academics and experienced sports managers alike
  • Includes examples and cases from a broad range of team sports disciplines

Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. State and European Law

    • Marc Philip Greitens
    Pages 23-41
  3. Sports and Antitrust Law

    • Frederik Wiemer
    Pages 43-61
  4. Sports Jurisdiction and Arbitration

    • Jonas Pust
    Pages 63-87
  5. Labour Law in Sports

    • Thomas Schulz
    Pages 107-123
  6. Consumer Behaviour in Team Sports

    • Sebastian Uhrich
    Pages 125-140
  7. Team Sports Brand Management

    • Guillaume Bodet, Benoit Séguin
    Pages 141-159
  8. Sports Sponsorship as a Funding Instrument

    • Stefan Walzel, Manfred Schubert
    Pages 161-186
  9. Sports Sponsorship Contracts

    • André-M. Szesny
    Pages 187-198
  10. Criminal Law and Sports

    • André-M. Szesny
    Pages 199-217
  11. Accounting and Sports

    • Tomas Hjelström
    Pages 237-260
  12. Funding of Professional Team Sports Organisations

    • Kim Lachmann, Johannes Struckmeier
    Pages 261-288
  13. Media Strategies in the Sports Media Sector

    • Christoph Bertling
    Pages 323-340
  14. Media and Personality Law

    • Michael Schmittmann
    Pages 355-370
  15. Correction to: Funding of Professional Team Sports Organisations

    • Kim Lachmann, Johannes Struckmeier
    Pages C1-C1

About this book

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most important and fundamental elements for the management of team sports organisations. It is intended to meet the needs of full-time and voluntary individuals in management positions in professional and semi-professional sports clubs, leagues and federations, and those who aspire to such positions. In addition to management-relevant aspects, its interdisciplinary approach also includes the basics of law and media, which are vital to the successful management of team sports organisations. Bringing together experts from the respective disciplines, the book’s content is presented in a clear and straightforward manner, facilitating its implementation in practice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • German Sport University, Cologne, Germany

    Stefan Walzel, Verena Römisch

About the editors

Dr. Stefan Walzel teaches and researches at the Institute of Sports Economics and Sports Management at the German Sport University Cologne, where he also received his PhD in 2010. His research focuses on the fields of sports marketing, sports management, and social responsibility in the field of sport. In 2013 he was awarded a research grant by the European Football Association (UEFA) and researched into the effects of CSR activities of football federations. For more than 15 years Stefan has been an active handball player, worked two years as a manager of a semi-professional handball club and later on has been president of a club for four years.

Dr. Verena Römisch has been teaching management, organisation and sports management at the German Sport University in Cologne since 2005. She did her PhD on the subject of quality management in the qualification system of organised sport, and dealt intensively with the training and further training programme of the sports associations. She is the coordinator of the bachelor's programme in sports management and sports communication.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Managing Sports Teams

  • Book Subtitle: Economics, Strategy and Practice

  • Editors: Stefan Walzel, Verena Römisch

  • Series Title: Management for Professionals

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56495-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56494-0Published: 30 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56497-1Published: 30 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56495-7Published: 29 October 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2192-8096

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 370

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sport Science , Sports Economics, Management, International Sports Law, Marketing, Business Finance

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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