Purpose Attendance at matches in the smaller European football leagues is challenged by the increased number of live broadcast matches, particularly covering the biggest leagues. The purpose of this paper is to analyse ...

This article applies economics of doping theory (game theory) to corruption. Similarities, and significant differences between the two topics are identified. As a consequence of such differences, the corruptive action - ...

European football has grappled with financial challenges over recent decades. This has prompted an increased focus on financial regulations aiming to promote financial viability. It is essential to comprehend that football ...

This chapter aims to evaluate different aspects of Sport Mega-Events impacts, “legacies”, through a case study of Hakuba village in Japan which hosted the Nagano Olympic Games in 1998. As tangible legacies, jumping facility ...

The present article analyses how various forms of business integrations, combined with technology innovation, have affected the sports broadcasting market in Norway. Interviews with representatives of Norwegian TV broadcasters ...

This article focuses on the challenges of hosting events owned by international federations. The empirical data is from the Chess Olympiad, which was hosted in Tromsø, Norway, in 2014. The organizers met several unforeseen ...

This article reports on empirical data from Norway which indicates that popular sports contests are also popular TV programmes. Individual sports, such as biathlon and crosscountry skiing headed the popularity list, while ...

Purpose – This paper sought to determine how a major sport event can become trapped in a winner’s curse, in which the fierce competition to host the event forces organisers to spend more on acquiring and hosting it than ...