Academic interest in the economics of professional team sports dates back as far as the mid-
1950s. Since then, many books and journal articles have been written on the subject. Much …

This article introduces the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) bootstrap procedure to analyze
the technical efficiency of Brazilian first league football clubs. For comparison purpose the …

Purpose In the current economic climate, the huge rise in the levels of debt incurred by
professional football clubs challenges the need to improve their efficiency levels. Hence …

Professional European football clubs have been hypothesized to maximize sporting or
financial objectives. The authors analyze the impact of various ownership structures on the …

This article assesses the sporting performance of Spanish professional football teams at
competition level, namely, League, King's Cup, and European competitions (Champions …

This paper analyses efficiency drivers of a representative sample of Spanish football clubs
by means of the two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) procedure proposed by Simar …

Research question: The research aims to identify the determinants of 'coopetitive'strategies
compared to more competitive or cooperative ones, while examining the contingency of …

Research question: National football leagues are organisations with multidimensional and
idiosyncratic objectives according to one train of thought among the theories of …

This study aims to analyse the efficiency of sports clubs belonging to the Academic
Federation of University Sports and the influence the organisational structure holds over …

Durante as últimas décadas, o futebol profissional assumiu o papel de maior negócio do
setor de entretenimento da Europa e, em menor extensão, do mundo. O advento da Copa …