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21st Century Sports

How Technologies Will Change Sports in the Digital Age

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Sascha L. Schmidt

    1. Chair/Center for Sports and Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Dusseldorf, Germany

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  • Forecasts the effects of robotics, bioengineering, machine learning, and virtual reality on sports
  • Discusses a range of technological innovations in the sports industry
  • Examines the technological transformation of athletes’ performance, sports consumption, and business models

Part of the book series: Future of Business and Finance (FBF)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. How Technologies Impact Sports in the Digital Age

      • Sascha L. Schmidt
      Pages 3-14

    3. Taxonomy of Sportstech

      • Nicolas Frevel, Sascha L. Schmidt, Daniel Beiderbeck, Benjamin Penkert, Brian Subirana
      Pages 15-37

    4. How Thesis Driven Innovation Radars Could Benefit the Sports Industry

      • Sanjay Sarma, Brian Subirana, Nicolas Frevel
      Pages 39-50

  3. Physical Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Robotics, Automation, and the Future of Sports

      • Josh Siegel, Daniel Morris
      Pages 53-72

    3. Robotics and AI: How Technology May Change the Way We Shape Our Bodies and What This Does to the Mind

      • Frank Kirchner
      Pages 73-89

    4. The Reach of Sports Technologies

      • Martin U. Schlegel, Craig Hill
      Pages 91-110

    5. The Future of Additive Manufacturing in Sports

      • Daniel Beiderbeck, Harry Krüger, Tim Minshall
      Pages 111-132

    6. The Current State and Future of Regenerative Sports Medicine

      • Dietmar W. Hutmacher
      Pages 133-149

  4. Information Processing Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing in Sports

      • Benno Torgler
      Pages 153-173

    3. The Data Revolution: Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning in the Future of Sports

      • Christina Chase
      Pages 175-189

    4. Blockchain: From Fintech to the Future of Sport

      • Sandy Khaund
      Pages 191-203

    5. Blockchain, Sport, and Navigating the Sportstech Dilemma

      • Martin Carlsson-Wall, Brianna Newland
      Pages 205-218

    6. The Rise of Emotion AI: Decoding Flow Experiences in Sports

      • Michael Bartl, Johann Füller
      Pages 219-229

  5. Human Interaction Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Strategies to Reimagine the Stadium Experience

      • Ben Shields, Irving Rein
      Pages 233-248

    3. Virtual Reality and Sports: The Rise of Mixed, Augmented, Immersive, and Esports Experiences

      • Andy Miah, Alex Fenton, Simon Chadwick
      Pages 249-262
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About this book

This book outlines the effects that technology-induced change will have on sport within the next five to ten years, and provides food for thought concerning what lies further ahead. Presented as a collection of essays, the authors are leading academics from renowned institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge, and practitioners with extensive technological expertise. In their essays, the authors examine the impacts of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and robotics on sports and assess how they will change sport itself, consumer behavior, and existing business models. The book will help athletes, entrepreneurs, and innovators working in the sports industry to spot trendsetting technologies, gain deeper insights into how they will affect their activities, and identify the most effective responses to stay ahead of the competition both on and off the pitch.

Reviews

“Schmidt’s edited collection inspires readers to reflect on a variety of ways in which sports technology may impact sports in the future. This is the high point of the anthology. From our reading, we would recommend this book to students and scholars in the field of sports management with an interest in sports technology.” (Siv Stavang Aune, Anne Tjønndal and Stian Røsten og Sigbjørn Børreson Skirbekk, idrottsforum.org, May 25, 2023)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chair/Center for Sports and Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Dusseldorf, Germany

    Sascha L. Schmidt

About the editor

Sascha L. Schmidt is a Professor of Sports and Management at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Dusseldorf, Germany, an affiliate of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and a member of the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School. He serves as Director of the WHU Center for Sports and Management and as Academic Director of the SPOAC – Sports Business Academy by WHU. His research and writings focus on growth and diversification strategies as well as future preparedness in professional sports.

      

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