| Description |
xvi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Affinity in the selection of a player / Jaime Gil-Aluja and Anna M. Gil-Lafuente -- Game systems in team sports / Jaime Gil-Lafuente -- The impact of the global financial crisis on sport in North America / Brad R. Humphreys -- Managing and modeling the combination of resources in professional sporting events / Lionel Maltese and Lucien Veran -- Governance and sporting success of top 20 football clubs after economic crisis / Domenico Marino -- The stadium game in an uncertain environment : a preliminary look at arena discourse in Edmonton, Canada / Daniel S. Mason -- A complex network approach to crisis recovering in sport applications / Francesco Carlo Morabito -- A study of fairness in fourball golf competition / Patrick Siegbahn and Donald Hearn -- Can subsidies help buy success? : revenue sharing in English football / Rob Simmons and Ian Walker -- Commercial football and the economic cycle / Stefan Szymanski -- Economics of gambling on sports : a multistage stochastic programming approach to American jai alai gambling strategies / Qipeng P. Zheng, Yingyan Lou, and Panos M. Pardalos |
| Summary |
This volume presents original contributions from renowned researchers in sports economics, management, and optimization. The book discusses up-to-date developments in several topics, including resource allocation strategies in sports industry, impact of the financial crisis on professional sports around the world, fairness in sports competitions, and optimization-based gambling strategies. "Optimal Strategies in Sports Economics and Management" will be of interest not only to students, researchers and practitioners involved with the sports industry, but also to the general public interested in sports such as soccer, hockey, American football, basketball, golf, and jai alai |
| Notes |
"This volume comprises a collection of papers, most of which are based on selected presentations at the international conference 'Economics, Management and Optimization in Sports. After the Impact of the Financial Crisis' that took place in Barcelona, Spain, on December 1-3, 2009, enriched by several additional invited contributions"--P. xi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sports administration -- Congresses.
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Sports administration.
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Sports -- Economic aspects -- Congresses.
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Sports -- Economic aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Butenko, Sergiy.
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Gil Aluja, Jaime.
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Gil-Lafuente, Jaime.
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Pardalos, P. M. (Panos M.), 1954-
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| LC no. |
2010930921 |
| ISBN |
3642132049 |
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9783642132049 |
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