This new edition of a widely adopted textbook equips students with a comprehensive understanding of the sport industry. With a focus on management, strategy, marketing, and finance, the decision-making approach of the book emphasizes key concepts while translating them into practice. Content specific to each of the vital stakeholders in the sport business is included.
Foster, O'Reilly, and D vila present a set of modular chapters supported with international examples, mini-cases, and exercises to help students apply the decision-making approach to real-world situations, involving organizations such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, the European Premier Leagues and Major North American Professional Sport Leagues. Harvard/Stanford cases are updated for the second edition, and entirely new chapters cover the latest topics, including eSports and Fantasy sport, outside-of-venue revenue streams, and crisis management.
This is an ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of sports business and management, supported by a fully updated companion website featuring PowerPoint slides, test questions, teaching notes, and other tools for instructors.