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The Private Sport Sector in Europe

A Cross-National Comparative Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Antti Laine

    1. Department of Sport Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

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  2. Hanna Vehmas

    1. Dept of Sport Sciences, University of Jyväskylä Dept of Sport Sciences, Jyväskyla, Finland

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  • Outlines the private sport sector in different European countries
  • Uses statistical data to provide a framework for cross-national comparisons
  • Discusses the increasing impact of the private sport sector as an employer

Part of the book series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy (SEMP, volume 14)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Getting a Grip on the Private Sport Sector in Europe

    • Antti Laine, Hanna Vehmas
    Pages 1-16

  3. AUSTRIA: Winter Tourism and Sport Retail Most Significant Sport Business Fields

    • Philipp Vejchoda
    Pages 17-32

  4. BELGIUM: The Rise and Size of the Sport Industry in the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region

    • Julie Borgers, Jeroen Scheerder
    Pages 33-56

  5. CYPRUS: A Small Island Country, Full of History and Passion for Sport

    • Nicos Kartakoullis, Theofilos Pouliopoulos, Christina Loizou
    Pages 57-72

  6. CZECH REPUBLIC: Growth of the Profit-Making Sport Sector After Economic and Political Transformations

    • Irena Slepičková, Petr Laník, Jakub Popelka
    Pages 73-87

  7. ESTONIA: To Buy or Not to Buy Is a Question for Many Estonians in Sport and Leisure Participation

    • Kristjan Port, Karel Kulbin
    Pages 89-105

  8. FINLAND: The Importance of the Private Sport Sector Has Increased in the 2000s

    • Antti Laine
    Pages 107-124

  9. FRANCE: A Market Dominated by Sport Goods Retailers

    • Nicolas Delorme
    Pages 125-139

  10. GERMANY: Transformation Towards a More Private Sport Sector

    • Christoph Breuer, Thomas Giel, Kirstin Hallmann
    Pages 141-157

  11. GREECE: The Impact of Economic Crisis on the Private Sport Sector

    • Kostas Alexandris, Panagiota Balaska
    Pages 159-174

  12. HUNGARY: Filling the Gaps in the Strategic State Sector

    • Szilvia Perényi, Mihaly Szerovay, Ilona Bodnár
    Pages 175-192

  13. ITALY: Dichotomies Between Professionalism vs. Voluntarism and Commercialisation vs. Non-profit in the Sport Sector

    • Antonio Borgogni, Simone Digennaro, Emiliano Mazzoli
    Pages 193-209

  14. LATVIA: On Its Way to Developing the Private Sport Sector

    • Signe Luika
    Pages 211-229

  15. LITHUANIA: Towards Professionalization of the Private Sport Sector

    • Vilma Čingienė, Kristina Kalašinskaitė
    Pages 231-249

  16. THE NETHERLANDS: A Joint Venture of Clubs, Businesses, Municipalities and Schools in Sport

    • Koen Breedveld, Andries Kuipers
    Pages 251-268

  17. PORTUGAL: A Growing Sport Market in a Dominant State Model

    • Rui Gomes, Nuno Gustavo, Ricardo Melo, Vera Pedragosa
    Pages 269-285

  18. ROMANIA: Private Sport Sector at the Crossroads of Past Socialism and Present Capitalism

    • László Péter
    Pages 287-308

  19. SPAIN: Evolution and Characteristics of the Private Sport Sector – Focus on Fitness Centres and Gyms

    • Ramón Llopis-Goig, Anna Vilanova, Jorge Martín Sánchez
    Pages 309-324

  20. UNITED KINGDOM: Dominance of the Commercial Sector in the Sport Market

    • Chris Gratton, Themis Kokolakakis
    Pages 325-342
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About this book

This book outlines the private sport sector in different European countries. Sport in the European countries is organized in three distinct sectors. These are the state/public sector, which provides financial and political support for sport infrastructure; the civic/non-profit sector, which provides sport activities and services for citizens, usually in the forms of sport clubs; and the private sector, which is comprised of profit-making private companies and professional teams that produce and sell sport products and services. The private sport sector is becoming ever more important in a global market economy and a financial climate characterized by a public sector in crisis. Taking this into consideration, this book provides a detailed outline of the structure and characteristics of the private sport sector, discusses recent developments in the sector, and compares data across business fields and countries. Containing contributions from sport academics from eighteen countries, this book provides an overall, up-to-date picture of the private sport sector in Europe. Filling a significant gap in sport sociology and economics scholarships, this book will be of use to students and scholars of business and social sciences of sport as well as decision makers and the entrepreneurs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sport Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Antti Laine

  • Dept of Sport Sciences, University of Jyväskylä Dept of Sport Sciences, Jyväskyla, Finland

    Hanna Vehmas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Private Sport Sector in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: A Cross-National Comparative Perspective

  • Editors: Antti Laine, Hanna Vehmas

  • Series Title: Sports Economics, Management and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61310-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61309-3Published: 13 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87048-9Published: 05 September 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61310-9Published: 25 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2191-298X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-2998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sports Economics, International Economics, Business and Management, general

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