The Economics and Management of Mega Athletic Events:
Olympic Games, Professional Sports, and Other Essays
Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos
ISBN: 960-87822-9-5, 317 pages, Hardback
First published in 2004 by ATINER
Price: Hardcover: 70€ (It includes Shipping and Handling)
| Table of Contents | Page |
| The Economics and Management of Mega Athletic Events: An Introduction Papanikos, G.T. |
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| PART 1 The Economics and Management of Olympic Games | 1 |
| Webs of Authority: Hierarchies, Networks, Legitmacy, and Economic Power in Global Sport Organisations. Croci, O. and Forster, J. | 3 |
| The Long-term Impacts from Major Sporting Events – Myths and Facts. Solberg, H.A., and Preuss, H. | 11 |
| Capability of Hosting Mega-Sports Events: Case of Istanbul and its Bids for the Olympic Games. Erten, S. | 27 |
| The Olympic City in its post-modern condition: the role of Olympic design since the Munich 1972 Olympic Games. Tzanoudaki, S. | 39 |
| Motivational Factors Affecting Olympic Volunteerism Among Turkish University Students. Alay, S., Koçak, S., Sözeri, B., and Karli, U. | 43 |
| PART 2 The Economics and Management of Professional Sports | 51 |
| The Importance of the Market in a Professional Football League: The Belgian Case. Dejonghe, T. | 53 |
| Is The NBA Betting Market Efficient? Schnytzer, A. and Weinberg, G. | 71 |
| International Trade in Sporting Goods. Andreff, W. | 87 |
| Of Dynasties and Dogs: Competitive Balance in Major League Baseball. Krautmann, A. and Hadley, L., | 97 |
| The Effect of a Game’s Payoff Structure on the Strategic Behaviour of its Participants: Comparing the National Hockey League with European Football Leagues Longley, N. and Sankaran, S. | 105 |
| The Concepts of Competitive Balance and Uncertainty of Outcome. Kringstad, B. and Gerrard, M. | 115 |
| The Location of the “Stade De France”: Efficacy, Equity, or Democracy? An Original Application of Spatial Econometrics. Raze, J - F. | 131 |
| Stakeholders and Trusts: A Framework for Good Governance Within the Football Industry. Hindley, D. | 139 |
| Winners and Losers in Soccer World Cup: A Study of Recent History and How to bet if you must. Archontakis, F. | 151 |
| Measuring Service Quality Expectations and Perceptions: A Comparison Study between English and Greek Sport & Recreation Customers Barlas, A., McCarthy, P., and Kouthouris, C. | 161 |
| Turkish Super League Soccer Clubs’ Usage of Internet as a Tool for Marketing Purposes. Sözeri, B., and Koçak, S. | 175 |
| The Development of Health – and Fitness – Sport in Europe as an Enormous Economic Branch. Dilger, E. | 191 |
| The “Fixed” Budgets of Italian Football: A Hypothesis of Administrative Doping? Levante, M. | 209 |
| PART 3 Sport Management Education and Jobs | 225 |
| The European Market of Sport Management Programs. A General Survey and Content Analysis. Hovemann, G. | 227 |
| Business and Sport in Partnership - 'Developing high performance individuals and teams in a World Class environment. Fossey-Lewis, N. and Garnett, A.J. | 241 |
| Competence Research in Sport Management – The German Case. Kaiser, S. | 253 |
| Employment Opportunities for Sports Managers in Turkey and the Profile of Sports Managers Required in Various Sectors. Donuk, B., Serarslan, M.Z., and Or, E. | 265 |
| Job Satısfactıon Levels of the Personnel Among the Selected Prıvate Health Care and Fıtness Centers in Turkey. Karli, U. and Koçak, S. | 277 |
| The Ethics of Specialism and the Specialist Sports College. Solvason, C. | 287 |