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    Northampton, MA :Edward Elgar Pub., Inc.,
    UID:
    almahu_9948633169502882
    Format: 1 online resource (224 pages).
    ISBN: 9781786430915 (e-book)
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of sport
    Content: This book examines personnel economics within the context of the professional sport industry. Sport is an effective industry in which to empirically test theories of personnel economics, primarily because the employer-employee relationship in sport is much more visible and transparent than in almost any other industry. Researchers benefit from having data on a host of variables pertaining to individual employees (players), such as their age, race, national origin, and experience. Researchers also have data on each employee's performance, on their salary, and on who their co-workers (teammates) and managers (coaches) are. The chapters are organized around the core functional areas of personnel economics and cover all aspects of the employment relationship in sport - from recruiting and selection, to pay and performance, to work team design. Each chapter contains a thorough literature review that provides the reader with a sense of the breadth and depth of the work being done in the area, and with a sense as to how the literature can move forward, both in a sport and non-sport context. The book is suitable for an advanced undergraduate course right through to a postgraduate field-course in both management and economics. Academic researchers in the fields of sports economics, personnel economics, human resource management, strategic management and sport management will also find the book of interest.
    Note: Includes index. , Contents: Preface -- 1. An introduction to personnel economics and its application to sport / Neil Longley -- Part I Recruiting and human capital development -- 2. The failed promise of the draft in the NFL and NBA / David Berri -- 3. The golden generation: the personnel economics of youth recruitment in European professional soccer / Joachim Prinz and Daniel Weimar -- Part II Pay, performance, and incentives -- 4. Determining the drivers of player valuation and compensation in professional sport: traditional economic approaches and emerging advances / Christian Deutscher -- 5. Multi-period contracts as risk management in professional sports / Joel Maxcy -- Part III Teamwork, and the impacts of management -- 6. Impacts of coworker heterogeneity on team performance / Rob Simmons -- 7. Pay dispersion and productivity in sports / Leo Kahane -- 8. Magicians, scapegoats and firefighters: the peculiar role of head coaches in professional soccer / Bernd Frick -- Index.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781786430908 (hardback)
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books ; Electronic books.
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  • 2
    UID:
    b3kat_BV041568808
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 119 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9781461494850
    Series Statement: Sports economics, management and policy 5
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-1-4614-9484-3
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics , Sports Science
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    Keywords: Sportverband ; Wettbewerbsvorteil
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
    UID:
    gbv_1656843242
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 195 Seiten)
    ISBN: 9781786430915
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of sport
    Content: Contents: Preface -- 1. An introduction to personnel economics and its application to sport / Neil Longley -- Part I Recruiting and human capital development -- 2. The failed promise of the draft in the NFL and NBA / David Berri -- 3. The golden generation: the personnel economics of youth recruitment in European professional soccer / Joachim Prinz and Daniel Weimar -- Part II Pay, performance, and incentives -- 4. Determining the drivers of player valuation and compensation in professional sport: traditional economic approaches and emerging advances / Christian Deutscher -- 5. Multi-period contracts as risk management in professional sports / Joel Maxcy -- Part III Teamwork, and the impacts of management -- 6. Impacts of coworker heterogeneity on team performance / Rob Simmons -- 7. Pay dispersion and productivity in sports / Leo Kahane -- 8. Magicians, scapegoats and firefighters: the peculiar role of head coaches in professional soccer / Bernd Frick -- Index.
    Content: This book examines personnel economics within the context of the professional sport industry. Sport is an effective industry in which to empirically test theories of personnel economics, primarily because the employer-employee relationship in sport is much more visible and transparent than in almost any other industry. Researchers benefit from having data on a host of variables pertaining to individual employees (players), such as their age, race, national origin, and experience. Researchers also have data on each employee's performance, on their salary, and on who their co-workers (teammates) and managers (coaches) are. The chapters are organized around the core functional areas of personnel economics and cover all aspects of the employment relationship in sport - from recruiting and selection, to pay and performance, to work team design. Each chapter contains a thorough literature review that provides the reader with a sense of the breadth and depth of the work being done in the area, and with a sense as to how the literature can move forward, both in a sport and non-sport context. The book is suitable for an advanced undergraduate course right through to a postgraduate field-course in both management and economics. Academic researchers in the fields of sports economics, personnel economics, human resource management, strategic management and sport management will also find the book of interest
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781786430908
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als ISBN 9781786430908(hardback)
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext  (Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
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  • 4
    UID:
    almahu_9949285160702882
    Format: XIV, 119 p. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
    ISBN: 9781461494850
    Series Statement: Sports Economics, Management and Policy, 5
    Content: This book takes a multi-disciplinary approach to analyzing the nature of "competition" and "competitive advantage" within the U.S. pro sport industry. By many measures, the four major pro sports leagues in the U.S.-the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Baseball (MLB)-are now some of the most successful business entities in the country. Not coincidental to this success is the fact that all four of these leagues currently operate as monopolies. While all have faced rival leagues at some point or another in their existence, all were able to successfully dispense with these rivals. Because of the inability of any rival leagues to survive as a long-term force, it has been monopoly, and not competition, that has been the prevailing market structure in the industry. In fact, in recent decades, the monopoly position of the Big Four appears increasingly impenetrable-none have faced a credible threat from a rival league since the demise of the United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-1980s.   Within this context, the book seeks to explore the nature of the competitive advantage that these leagues apparently possess. The book takes an evolutionary approach, in that it argues that the monopoly position of each of the four leagues today cannot be explained in an insular, static, manner, but is the culmination of many dynamic processes through many decades. Today's monopoly market structures are what could be termed path-dependent-they did not simply "happen," but are instead a complex function of everything that has occurred up to this point. A key contribution of the book is that it analyzes these issues from three alternate theoretical perspectives-the traditional economics approach, the public choice approach, and the strategic management approach. It argues that no single conceptual approach can, in itself, adequately explain the full richness of the issue, and that these various approaches should be viewed as complements, rather than as being mutually exclusive. The multi-disciplinary nature of the issue should make the book of interest to scholars in a number of fields, including strategic management, sport management, and economics. It can serve as an effective teaching tool in both graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses for students in these fields, and is particularly useful for faculties seeking to emphasize to their students the importance of a multi-disciplinary, integrative, approach when analyzing business and management issues. The book may also be of interest to leaders within the sport industry itself, and will help to provide insight and perspective as leagues seek to enhance their competitive advantage in the marketplace.
    Note: 1 Introduction -- 2 Some Conceptual Foundations: A Primer on the Economic Structure of Professional Sport -- 3 The USFL as a Case Study -- 4 A Brief History of Post-World War II Rival Leagues -- 5 Explaining Competitiveness: Alternate Theoretical Frameworks -- 6 Property-Based Resources: Franchise Locations, Stadiums, and Players -- 7 Knowledge-Based Resources -- Managerial Competencies -- 8 The Way Ahead: The Prospects for the Re-Emergence of Rival Leagues -- Index.
    In: Springer Nature eBook
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781461494867
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781461494843
    Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781493943357
    Language: English
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