Sports Management as an Emerging Economic Activity: Trends and Best Practices

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
 Sport Management Analysis of Scientific Production in Academic Journals  (María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama, Amador Durán-Sánchez, Marta Peris-Ortiz, José Álvarez-García)....Pages 1-18
 Has the Amount of Available Financial Resources Become the Predominant Factor in Sporting Clubs’ Successes and That of a Country’s National Team? The Case of Turkish Basketball Clubs  (Cem Cetin, Gary Tribou)....Pages 19-38
 The Impact of Residents’ Posture on the Degree of Acceptance of Sports Tourism in Comparison to Other Tourist Offers in Punta del Este  (María Dolores Sánchez-Fernández, Daniel Álvarez-Bassi, José Ramón-Cardona)....Pages 39-56
 Customer 360° Method: Assessment of Customers in Fitness Centres  (Jerónimo García-Fernández, María Rocío Bohórquez Gómez-Millán, Alfonso J. García)....Pages 57-72
 Evaluation of Service Quality at a Sport Center: Case Study  (José Álvarez-García, Cristiana Oliveira, Carlos Rueda-Armengot)....Pages 73-85
 The Institutionalization of Sports Organizations: A Legitimacy Perspective  (Francisco Díez-Martín, Alicia Blanco-González, Susana Díaz-Iglesias, Miguel Prado-Román)....Pages 87-99
 Sport and Doping: A Theoretical Approach  (Domenico Marino, Pietro Stilo)....Pages 101-111
 Sustainability Performance in Sport Facilities Management  (Susana Lucas, Manuel Duarte Pinheiro, María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama)....Pages 113-138
 Designing Inquiries into the Financial Sustainability of Local Associations: The Case of Portuguese Amateur Soccer Teams  (Paulo Mourão, João Gomes)....Pages 139-153
 Economic and Financial Analysis of Bankruptcy of Football Teams  (Milagros Gutiérrez-Fernández, Francisco Javier Talavero-Álvarez, José Luis Coca-Pérez)....Pages 155-182
 Investing in Shares of Europe Football Clubs: Definitely, an Alternative Investment  (Raúl Gómez-Martínez, Camilo Prado-Román, Raúl Menéndez Moreno)....Pages 183-192
 The Reliability of Game Systems in Team Sports  (Jaime Gil-Lafuente)....Pages 193-205
 Decision-Making in Sports Traumatology  (Victor V. Krasnoproshin, Vladimir A. Obraztsov, Sergey A. Popok, Herman Vissia)....Pages 207-219
 Geographical Gap Analysis of Sport Activity Among the Italian Regions  (Domenico Marino, Domenico Tebala)....Pages 221-234
 Profiling the Typologies of Nature Sports Organizations in Portugal  (Ricardo Melo, Rui Machado-Gomes)....Pages 235-255
 A Methodology for the Analysis of Soccer Matches Based on PageRank Centrality  (Julio Rojas-Mora, Felipe Chávez-Bustamante, Julio del Río-Andrade, Nicolás Medina-Valdebenito)....Pages 257-272
 Client Profile of Spanish Fitness Centers: Segmentation by Loyalty and Characteristics of the Client  (Jerónimo García-Fernández, Pablo Gálvez-Ruiz, Luisa Vélez-Colon)....Pages 273-291
 Municipal Sport Management: Practical Application in the City of Valencia  (Sofía Estelles-Miguel, Amable Juarez Tarraga, Marta Elena Palmer Gato, José Miguel Albarracín Guillem)....Pages 293-307
 State of the Art of Research on Quality Management and Sport  (Amador Durán-Sánchez, José Álvarez-García, María de la Cruz Del Río-Rama, Jaime Gil-Lafuente)....Pages 309-328
 Guardiola, Mourinho and Del Bosque: Three Different Leadership and Personal Branding Styles  (Antonio Alonso-Gonzalez, Pablo Alamo-Hernandez, Marta Peris-Ortiz)....Pages 329-344
Back Matter ....Pages 345-350