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Sport Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Building a New Approach to Policy-making for Sport

  • Focuses on public policy implications from sport
  • Builds a bridge between sport entrepreneurship literature and public policy literature
  • Helps readers understand why sport policy is entrepreneurial in nature

Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Sport Innovation: An Opportunity for Technology-Based Companies Stimulated by the Brazil Olympics

    • Branca Terra, André Ribeiro de Oliveira, Mariza Almeida, Luiz Alberto Batista, João Alberto Neves dos Santos, Jana Almeida Nogueira et al.
    Pages 41-68
  3. Brand Equity on Surf Destinations: Alaçatı Sample

    • Yavuz Yıldız, Kadir Yıldız
    Pages 91-102
  4. Online C2C Interactions with Sports Brands: Insights from the #Mo Salah Brand

    • Noha El-Bassiouny, Sara Hamed, Hadeer Hammad, Hagar Adib, Nesma Ammar
    Pages 117-133
  5. The Future for Sport Entrepreneurship

    • Ted Hayduk III
    Pages 135-152
  6. Sports Innovation: A Bibliometric Study

    • João J. Ferreira, Cristina Fernandes, Vanessa Ratten, Dina Miragaia
    Pages 153-170
  7. High-Performance Management Work Systems

    • Vanessa Ratten, Joao J. Ferreira, Cristina Fernandes
    Pages 171-196

About this book

This book revisits the traditional general approach to sport policy by adopting an entrepreneurial perspective. The respective chapters, all written by recognized experts, link a fragmented collection of treatises on entrepreneurship, public policy and sport entrepreneurship to develop a coherent, unified perspective on policy-making. The book’s central argument is that, while in the past, sport policy focused more on governance and political elements, these aspects can also be embedded into a ‘policy entrepreneurship’ perspective.

To date, most sport policy research has also tended to pursue an organizational behavior or political science approach. Breaking with that trend, the book incorporates the nascent sport entrepreneurship literature into this approach. The new strategies proposed here offer valuable resources for public policy planners and sports managers alike, two groups who need to work together to build better policy initiatives.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Marketing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Vanessa Ratten

About the editor

Associate Professor Dr Vanessa Ratten is the Programme Coordinator of the entrepreneurship and innovation degrees at La Trobe Business School (Australia). She has previously served on the business faculties of Deakin University, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Queensland. She has guest edited at journals such as Education and Training, Team Performance, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Journal of Management and Organization, Thunderbird International Business Review and International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Dr Ratten has co-edited six books in the field of entrepreneurship, including sports entrepreneurship and innovation. Her current research focus is on entrepreneurship and diversity.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sport Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

  • Book Subtitle: Building a New Approach to Policy-making for Sport

  • Editors: Vanessa Ratten

  • Series Title: Contributions to Management Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29458-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29457-1Published: 06 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29460-1Published: 06 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29458-8Published: 25 October 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1941

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 196

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Sports Economics

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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