Tag: J. James Reade
Mega-handbook on mega-events: The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts
The Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, edited by Harry Arne Solberg, Rasmus K. Storm and Kamilla Swart (Edward Elgar) examines the hosting of major sporting events and the impacts they can have on stakeholders. Christian Tolstrup Jensen has read an impressive compilation of scientific studies in the field of major sport event research that gives the initiated reader a useful and nuanced overview of the state-of-the-art in event studies, its understudied areas and a who-is-who in the field.
European Sport Management Quarterly, Volume 21, 2021, Issue 3
ESMQ publishes articles that contribute to our understanding of sport organizations. The Journal sets out to enhance our understanding of the role of sport management and sport bodies in social life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A bright spot for a small league: social media performance in a football league without a COVID-19 lockdown by Daniel Weimar, Lisa Carola Holthoff & Rui Biscaia.
Uncertainty of Outcome, in Sports and in Collections of Scholarly Papers
Not knowing how a game of sports will end is said to heighten the attraction of watching it. This is the subject of a recent anthology, Outcome Uncertainty in Sporting Events: Winning, Losing and Competitive Balance edited by Plácido Rodríguez, Stefan Kesenne & Brad R. Humphreys (Edward Elgar). Kjetil K. Haugen has spent a fair amount of time and thought on the Uncertainty of Outcome hypothesis, which is evident in his review.
