CFP: Call for Chapters: Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovation

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-due.de]

From: João Ferreira [mailto:jjmf66 at gmail.com] 
Date: Thu 16 Apr 2015 01:53


Sport Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Vanessa Ratten and Joao Ferreira

Routledge

Abstracts due: September 30th 2015

Final papers due: December 15th 2015

Book published 2016

This edited research book is about the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the sports context. The book will include international authors focusing on topics such as the role of entrepreneurial marketing in sport, how technological innovation has changed the way sport is played and viewed, the globalization of sport as a product and service, the new types of sports that have emerged, athlete entrepreneurs and their related business endeavors and how sport influences innovation in other industries.

Potential authors are encouraged to submit an abstract then full paper on any of the following topics that have a focus on sport entrepreneurship and innovation:
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Sport entrepreneurship, sport innovation, sport marketing
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Risk taking in sport, new business development in the sports context
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Sport franchises, fantasy sport
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Innovations in sport clothing, technology and products
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Emerging sports such as adventure and extreme sports, internationalization of sports
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Sport public/private partnerships, sports financing
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Sports broadcasting, media, sport education

Please email abstracts and/or full papers tov.ratten at latrobe.edu.au and jjmf at ubi.pt

References
Ratten,V. (2015) ‘Family business in sport organizations: Western experiences as lessons for transitional economies’, pages 305-317, In V. Ramadani and L. Dana, Family Businesses in Transition Economies, Springer, United Kingdom.
Ratten, V. (2014) 'Developing a theory of sport-based entrepreneurship', pages 293-307, In Weed, M. Sport and Leisure Management, Sage, United Kingdom.
Miloch, K., Kraft, P., Lee, J and Ratten, V. (2012) ‘Click Clack: Examining the Strategic and Entrepreneurial Brand Vision of Under Armour’, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 4(1): 42-58.
Ratten, V. and Ratten, H. (2011) ‘International sport marketing: practical and future research implications’, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 26(8): 614 - 620
Ratten, V. (2011) ‘Practical Implications and Future Research Directions for International Sport Management’, Thunderbird International Business Review, 53(6): 763-770.
Ratten V. (2011) ‘Sport-based entrepreneurship: Towards a new theory of entrepreneurship and sport management’, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 7(1): 57-69.
Ratten, V and Babiak, K. (2010) ‘The Role of Social Responsibility, Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship in the Sports Industry’, Journal of Management & Organization, 16(4): 482-487.