In European football clubs playing in continental leagues, the separation of technical and administrative management is often used, with the former being reserved for the coach and the latter for the general manager and/or sports director. Traditionally, the coach of a professional football club is entrusted with the organisational function, which involves assigning tasks and […]
This paper investigates the role of women who hold top-level positions in the management of firms in managing and overcoming the corporate crisis. The research’s main goal relies on discovering the extent to which gender differences affect perceived crisis proneness/preparedness in organisational settings in sport-based entrepreneurship. In particular, we aim to study actions, decision-making, abilities, […]
This paper aims at analysing how the development of digital smart technologies and the Web affected the business model of a particular field of copyright-based companies: the collecting societies. The impact of the Internet and digitalization on the cultural enterprises will be investigated, focusing the analysis of the new business models established. It is necessary […]
Knowledge translation activated by knowledge-intensive organizations is supported by several factors among which intangibles assets. This paper aims at analysing knowledge translation and organisational performance in the football industry, discovering both the role of professional football players’ skills transfer and determinants helping to achieve positive performance at organizational level. The research question is answered through […]
Purpose – How information systems are enabling innovative models and processes for managing information in health domains? A possible answer is through virtual health communities (or patient-centered eHealth): digital social networks where people share their clinical history, health information and treatments results. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding those […]
Purpose – Nowadays, interest on football industry is increasing enough to influence the structure of the sector and the nature of the sport. The need to hire specialized managers with distinctive skills has emerged. It is necessary to evaluate managers’ performance, in order to define if the firm objectives are in compliance with managers’ ones. […]
Purpose – The objective of the paper is to prove how it is possible to enhance relational capital in the football industry by proposing an innovative approach in the evaluation of football clubs and football players founded on their popularity on the social network. The research is directed in representing how the value created by […]