SPORT BUSINESS & ORGANISATIONS
A FIFA overview of the 20 year history of the J-League was released this week, and provided an opportunity to consider how our own A-League shapes up to what is widely considered Asia’s best Football League. Here is a selection of data and comments around strategy, crowd growth and
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On a recent visit to the states I took the opportunity to attend a Portland Timbers MLS game. For those who don’t know about the history and background of the Timbers (who date back to the old NASL in 1975) and their re-emergent success you can read more here
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Despite an excellent (albeit largely meaningless) Socceroos win mid-week, the football news in Australia has centered around the demise of the Gold Coast United FC and Clive Palmer. In short, its come down to three issues: The management failings of Gold Coast United FC (including financial issues, and others
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Sport organisations are increasingly faced with challenges regarding the structural design and operational efficiency within their businesses. Following on from one of my inital posts in January where I introduced the topic of my PhD thesis, this piece introduces some of the characteristics of highly effective or functional organisations. Structural
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If you’re an academic or practitioner working in sport management, 2012 promises some great destinations for conferences and trips [1]. However, if you cant attend, the social media world is increasingly making them more accessible. With the first of these opportunities not far away, here we profile the concept of virtual conferencing
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As of later this month, it’s been a year since I signed and submitted my doctoral thesis – 3 years of work, 350 pages and over 92,000 words[1]. Understandably, after that sort of commitment and saturation with your topic, you find you want to put it behind you and get
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