Sporting events and management

This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular.

This is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular.

This is a handbook for the cultural entrepreneur, offering some of the best examples on practice, franchises, research, innovation and business opportunities in the cultural sector.

This is a handbook for the cultural entrepreneur, offering some of the best examples on practice, franchises, research, innovation and business opportunities in the cultural sector.

The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world.

The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world.

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits.

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits.

Water control and management have been fundamental to the building of human civilisation.

Water control and management have been fundamental to the building of human civilisation.

This book features international authors discussing the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the sports context.

This book features international authors discussing the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the sports context.

While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented, urban images, in turn, nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways.

While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented, urban images, in turn, nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways.

The international nature of the sport industry presents many management challenges and opportunities for sport organisations.

The international nature of the sport industry presents many management challenges and opportunities for sport organisations.

This book introduces the fundamental principles of accessible and inclusive sport venue management, with a focus on people with disability.

This book examines the importance of California - a socio-cultural, economic and political powerhouse - in the history of modern sport.

The New York Times bestseller: "e;A useful, entertaining look back at how the Pirates turned a small market, longtime loser into a playoff team.

This book uses the concept of value creation to show how we can understand the success and failure of sports organizations.

This book uses the concept of value creation to show how we can understand the success and failure of sports organizations.

Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott.

Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences.

Global sporting events involve the creation, management and mediation of cultural meanings for consumption by massive media audiences.

All good managers working in sport need to have a clear understanding of the principles of finance and accounting.

All good managers working in sport need to have a clear understanding of the principles of finance and accounting.

Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment.

Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment.

The growing complexity and importance of sports and event marketing has pushed scholars and practitioners to apply sophisticated marketing thinking and applications to these topics.

The growing complexity and importance of sports and event marketing has pushed scholars and practitioners to apply sophisticated marketing thinking and applications to these topics.

The study of sport tourism is on the cusp of moving from a descriptive phase of research into an analytical phase.

The study of sport tourism is on the cusp of moving from a descriptive phase of research into an analytical phase.

The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context of the contemporary serious and enduring terrorist threat.

The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context of the contemporary serious and enduring terrorist threat.

This book offers a rare chance to understand how sport and architecture come together to create an outstanding building type - a symbol of our times.

This book offers a rare chance to understand how sport and architecture come together to create an outstanding building type - a symbol of our times.

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear.

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear.

Ambush marketing is a strategy by which a company or organisation uses their marketing communications to associate themselves with an event without being an official sponsor or authorised partner or licensee.

Ambush marketing is a strategy by which a company or organisation uses their marketing communications to associate themselves with an event without being an official sponsor or authorised partner or licensee.

The maritime environment includes both the water resource of the terrestrial coast and estuarine and coastal inshore waters.

The maritime environment includes both the water resource of the terrestrial coast and estuarine and coastal inshore waters.

Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport.

Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport.

This book aims to provide an extensive overview of how football is organized and managed on a European level and in individual European countries, and to account for the evolution of the national, international and transnational management of football over the last decades.

This book aims to provide an extensive overview of how football is organized and managed on a European level and in individual European countries, and to account for the evolution of the national, international and transnational management of football over the last decades.

Commemorative Events emphasise remembering.

Commemorative Events emphasise remembering.

Contemporary society is complex; governed and administered by a range of contradictory policies, practices and techniques.

Contemporary society is complex; governed and administered by a range of contradictory policies, practices and techniques.