CiNii Books - Innovation and entrepreneurship in sport management

This timely book takes both a practical and academic perspective of innovation in sport management, exploring the role of entrepreneurship in sport. With its interdisciplinary approach, it provides a holistic overview of the ways in which sport is both innovative and entrepreneurial. Expert contributors examine how technological advances, scientific approaches, digitalization and tournament design shape, or are shaped by, entrepreneurial ventures in sport management. Chapters also discuss the implications of the coronavirus pandemic for the sports industry, analysing how sport entities and managers have had to be innovative in order to adapt to the new market and unpredictable societal conditions created by the pandemic. The book reflects on the importance of innovation for sport management, highlighting the need for futuristic thinking as sports organisations try to develop better practices. Offering practical examples of entrepreneurship in sport, this book will be a useful resource for scholars and students of sports, sport management and management education. It will also be beneficial for sports practitioners and managers focusing on organisational innovation and how to navigate crises.

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Contents: 1 Introduction: Innovation and entrepreneurship in sport management 1 Vanessa Ratten 2 Disruptions in sport management from COVID-19: Lessons from entrepreneurship and innovation 9 Vanessa Ratten and Geoff Dickson 3 On the importance of tournament design in sports management: Evidence from the UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 22 Kjetil K. Haugen and Alex Krumer 4 A system innovation related to sports entrepreneurship 36 Ben Hattink and Aard Groen 5 Technology innovations in sports: Typology, nature, courses and impact 57 Ekaterina Glebova and Michel Desbordes 6 Do scientific approaches lead to innovative social entrepreneurial ventures? The relationship between fitness equipment and stages of life 73 Silvio Addolorato, Jorge Garcia-Unanue, Leonor Gallardo and Jeronimo Garcia-Fernandez 7 Sport innovation, entrepreneurship and digital ecosystems 122 Esha Thukral and Vanessa Ratten 8 Why should we need innovation in sports management? 137 Kadir Yildiz, Elvan Deniz Yumuk and Jeronimo Garcia-Fernandez 9 COVID-19: Entrepreneurial ecosystem approach to bounce back: Implications for the sport industry 148 Esha Thukral and Vanessa Ratten 10 Coronavirus and sport crisis management: A knowledge spillover perspective 159 Vanessa Ratten and Alice Li Index

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