Tag: entrepreneurship

The 2027 Global Sport Business Association Conference invites participants to examine what is emerging, what is accelerating, and what must be reimagined. As sport continues to connect with entertainment, technology, tourism, health, education, and entrepreneurship, new opportunities are emerging across every level of the industry. These changes raise important questions about how sport is created, experienced, monetized, governed, and studied. Sessions may explore topics such as global sport markets, athlete entrepreneurship, sport technology, fan engagement, sponsorship and branding, sport tourism and more.

The Global Sport Business Journal (GSBJ), the official publication of the Global Sport Business Association (GSBA), is relaunching this year and invites submissions for its 2025 edition (Volume 10). As a peer-reviewed academic journal, GSBJ is dedicated to advancing scholarship in the business of sport through interdisciplinary research that bridges theoretical development and practical application. GSBJ publishes peer-reviewed research, case studies, and book reviews on an ongoing basis.

The Sports Innovation Journal (SIJ) brings together researchers and practitioners dedicated to publishing research that informs the development of innovative ideas to move the sports industry forward through collaboration, access, and relevancy. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Application of an Advanced Risk Analysis Evaluation Tool of Sports Integrity in an International Sports Competition: A Quantitative Case Study by Richard McLaren, Diana Tesic, Martin Dubbey (open access).

Interested scholars and practitioners are invited to submit sport business research proposals for consideration as either an oral (15 min) or poster presentation. Completed research studies are invited as well as works in progress, to be completed by the conference date. The conference will be held in the Bahamas aboard Royal Caribbean's "Independence of the Seas." The ship will sail from the Port of Miami on Friday, February 21, with stops in Coco Cay (Saturday) and Nassau (Sunday), returning to Miami on Monday, February 24.

The Sports Innovation Journal (SIJ) brings together researchers and practitioners dedicated to publishing research that informs the development of innovative ideas to move the sports industry forward through collaboration, access, and relevancy. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Applied Improvisation in the Sport Management Curriculum by Mandy Barefoot, J. Michael Martinez, Hannah Sensenbrenner Morrow (open access).

The Sports Innovation Journal announces a call for papers for a special issue on innovations in engaged learning in sport management, tourism, recreation, live entertainment, and related fields led by guest editors Elizabeth Gregg, Jessica Braustein-Minkove, and Heather Alderman. Engaged learning is an active process by which knowledge and understanding are acquired through participation, inquiry, involvement, and direct experiences (IGI dictionary).

The Sports Innovation Journal (SIJ) brings together researchers and practitioners dedicated to publishing research that informs the development of innovative ideas to move the sports industry forward through collaboration, access, and relevancy. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The International Student-Athlete Experience: A Research Study Into the Transition Process of ISAs, From Their Home Country Into Life as an NCAA Student-Athlete by Ioanna Charitonidi, Anastasios Kaburakis.

The Sports Innovation Journal (SIJ) brings together researchers and practitioners dedicated to publishing research that informs the development of innovative ideas to move the sports industry forward through collaboration, access, and relevancy. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: 'Actually, Esports Is Sport: A Response to Parry’s (2019) Misguided View by Michael L. Naraine.

The Sports Innovation Journal (SIJ) brings together researchers and practitioners dedicated to publishing research that informs the development of innovative ideas to move the sports industry forward through collaboration, access, and relevancy. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: COVID-19: RETURN TO YOUTH SPORTS: PREPARING SPORTS VENUES AND EVENTS FOR THE RETURN OF YOUTH SPORTS by David Pierce, Jessi Stas, Kevin Feller, William Knox.

The aim of this compilation thesis is to examine and analyze the preconditions for conducting social entrepreneurship in sport. In sum, the thesis contributes with empirical examples of social entrepreneurial sport organisations; a theoretical understanding of the “social” dimension of social entrepreneurship in sport; an ethical discussion on the role of researchers; and a starting point when discussing the Swedish government support for sport.