International Sports Management: Current Trends and Future Developments

摘要

The aim of this special issue on international sports management in Thunderbird International Business Review is to highlight the current trends and future developments occurring in sport. Sport is watched and played globally and impacts business management practices in a number of ways, including through sponsorship, recruitment, and manufacturing. In order to compete globally, managers of sport organizations need to work proactively to build and maintain an international presence. This special journal issue examines different types of sport, including professional, amateur, and recreational, in order to see how they occur in the international environment. The aim of this article is to discuss the most important issues facing sports management practitioners and researchers worldwide. The findings of this article are that it extends our understanding of international sports management by examining different types of businesses involved in sport to offer practical implications for sport practitioners who have internationalized or are considering global expansion.