Purpose Football is at once both a global sport and one that is defined by fiercely guarded
local boundaries. For a firm operating within this highly lucrative industry and with ambitions …

Research question In this short article, we explore whether highly diversified professional
football clubs, from an investor perspective, are better prepared for an unpredictable global …

Real Madrid is one of the leading sport organizations in the world in terms of finances, fans
and awards, a status gained in large part due to its values. Using a critical/historical method …

Football Club Barcelona has developed into a modern sports juggernaut achieving global
influence while protecting a celebrated past, local sentiment, and a set of core values. This …

The football rivalry between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona is one of the most popular at
club level globally. In Spain, where it is known as El Clásico (the Classic), it has an …

Judging from the steep rise in number of publications in organizational sociology and
management studies about “hybrid organizations”, it would seem as if this is either …

Research question The present study analyses an emerging market (EM) football club and
its internationalisation strategy, seeking to understand its motivations, perceived competitive …

Florentino Pérez is the most successful president of soccer organizations in the world. His
leadership in Real Madrid is uncontested. This paper explores his use of communication …

This paper will evaluate the political stance of sport analysing the case of FC Barcelona
(Barça) during the sovereignty process of Catalonia. The main objective is to clarify Barça's …

The world of esports or competitive gaming has grown exponentially in recent years (Taylor,
2012; Scholz, 2019). This rapid success gathered interest from a variety of new outside …