| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- League expansions and mergers -- Team territories and relocations -- Franchise organizations and operations -- Basketball arenas and markets -- NBA domestic and foreign affairs |
| Summary |
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is widely recognized as an entertaining and innovative league whose teams play regular season and postseason games in packed arenas at home and away sites in the United States and Canada. This book discusses the development, growth, and success of the 61-year-old NBA from a business perspective. Covering the late 1940s to 2009, it focuses on the league's expansions and mergers, team territories and relocations, franchise organizations and operations, basketball arenas and markets, and NBA domestic and international affairs. Readers will gain an insight into when, how, and why the NBA emerged, reformed, and gradually matured to become one of the world's most dominant, prosperous, and popular professional sports organizations today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-258) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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National Basketball Association
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National Basketball Association -- Management
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| SUBJECT |
National Basketball Association fast |
| Subject |
Basketball -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Basketball -- United States -- Management
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Park & Recreation Management.
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Basketball -- Economic aspects
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Management
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Social Sciences.
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Recreation & Sports.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814313919 |
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9814313912 |
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