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eBooks- Sports Market Analytics This link opens in a new windowA service of SBRnet. Provides access to market research from the National Sporting Goods Association, government sources and various sports governing bodies and full-text articles from trade magazines and newsletters. Includes sports participation, sports fan market research, consumer expenditures for sporting good equipment and footwear, venue reports, college athletics revenues and expenditures; and directories. Coverage: current.
- RKMA eBooks This link opens in a new windowSports Marketing annual collection from Richard K. Miller and Associates.
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to international research literature on sport, physical fitness, and physical education topics. Offers comprehensive coverage of literature pertaining to sports, sports medicine, exercise psychology, biomechanics, psychology, training, coaching, and related disciplines. Some journal, thesis, and monograph coverage dates from 1800, with full-text coverage beginning in 1985.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to recent and relevant statistics and studies from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and U.S. and international government sources. Topics include business, finance, education, media, politics, society, environment, technology and more. Ready-made tables, graphs, and charts are downloadable in PDF, XLS, PNG, or PPT.
- Wall Street Journal (Current) | WSJ.com This link opens in a new windowRegister for free access to WSJ.com and the WSJ apps. Includes all WSJ articles, videos, interactive features, digital print daily edition, and more.
Featured E-Books
- Strategic Sport Management by Michal Varmus; Milan Kubina; Roman AdámikISBN: 9783030667320Publication Date: 2021Sport, and in particular the sporting environment, has undergone significant changes in recent decades. The social significance and commercialization of sport; the use of new technologies and organizational structures; and the involvement of various stakeholders matter more today than ever before. The authors explain the key characteristics of the management of sports organizations.
- Managing Sports Teams by Stefan Walzel (Editor); Verena Römisch (Editor)ISBN: 9783030564940Publication Date: 2020Offers a comprehensive overview for the management of team sports organizations.
- Routledge Handbook of Sport Management by Leigh Robinson (Editor); Packianathan Chelladurai (Editor); Guillaume Bodet (Editor); Paul Downward (Editor)Publication Date: 2013This guide to theory and practice in sport management provides a broad ranging survey of current thinking in contemporary sport management, Key topics include: managing performance ,marketing, human resource management, the economics and finance of sport, strategy, managing change, governance of sports organizations, customer relations, branding, and retail.
- Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing by Mark Dodds (Editor); Linda E. Swayne (Editor)ISBN: 9781412973823Publication Date: 2011This four-volume set introduces, on the management side, principles and procedures of economics, budgeting and finance; leadership; governance; communication; business law and ethics; and human resources practices; all in the sports context. On the marketing side this reference resource explores two broad streams: marketing of sport and of sport-related products (promoting a particular team or selling team- and sport-related merchandise, for example), and using sports as a platform for marketing non-sports products, such as celebrity endorsements of a particular brand of watch or the corporate sponsorship of a tennis tournament.
- Encyclopedia of Sports in America by Murry R. Nelson (Editor)ISBN: 9780313347900Publication Date: 2008Explores the development and influence of sports in American culture, as well as how sports icons, commercial enterprises, organizations, sporting events, and even fan culture have changed from decade to decade and from era to era, from the foot races of colonial times to the extreme sports of today.
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- Sports Industry Salary SurveyA salary survey from 2012 may still be relevant as a benchmark. Search the site for "salary survey" for more up-to-date information.
- Occupational Outlook HandbookPublished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Covers training and education needed for hundred of occupations, earnings, expected job prospects, job responsibilities, working conditions, and more. Search for sports to locate relevant occupations.