Research Output

Refereed Journal Articles

Walters, G (2011) The implementation of a stakeholder management strategy during stadium relocation: a case study of Arsenal football club’s move to the Emirates Stadium, Managing Leisure (forthcoming)

Walters, G and Tacon, R (2010) Corporate Social Responsibility in Sport: Stakeholder Management in the UK Football Industry, Journal of Management and Organization, Volume 16 (4) September 2010

Walters, G (2010) Bidding for International Sport Events: How Government Supports and Undermines National Governing Bodies of Sport, Sport in Society (forthcoming)

Hamil, S and Walters, G (2010) Financial Performance in English Professional Football: “An Inconvenient Truth”, Soccer & Society (forthcoming).

Hamil, S and Walters, G (2010) The Model of Governance at FC Barcelona: Balancing Member Democracy, Commercial Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sporting Performance, Soccer & Society (forthcoming).

Walters, G (2009) Corporate Social Responsibility through Sport: The Community Sports Trust Model as a CSR Delivery Agency, Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Issue 35, December

Chadwick, S and Walters, G (2009) Sportswear Identification, Distinctive Design and Manufacturer Logos – Issues from the Front Line, The Marketing Review, 9 (1): 63-78

Walters, G and Chadwick, S (2009) Corporate Citizenship in Football: Delivering Strategic Benefits through Stakeholder Engagement, Management Decision, 47 (1): 51-66

Hamil, S. & Morrow, S. (2008, July/August). “The People’s Game?”, Scottish Left Review. Issue 47. Pages 7-9.

Book Chapters

Hamil, S and Walters, G (2010) Financial Performance in English Professional Football: “An Inconvenient Truth” in Hamil, S and Hassan, D, Who Owns Football? The Governance and Management of the Club Game Worldwide (Spring 2010)

Hamil, S and Walters, G (2010) The Model of Governance at FC Barcelona: Balancing Member Democracy, Commercial Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sporting Performance, in Hamil, S and Hassan, D, Who Owns Football? The Governance and Management of the Club Game Worldwide (Spring 2010)

Walters, G and Hamil, S (2009) Ownership and Governance, in Hamil, S and Chadwick, S, Managing Football: An International Perspective, London: Butterworth-Heinemann

Chadwick, S, and Walters, G (2008) ‘Grand Slam Committee Moves to Regulate Tennis Wear Logos’ in Chadwick, S and Arthur, D (eds) International Cases in the Business of Sport, London: Elsevier

Conference Presentations

Members of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre regularly present research findings at academic conferences. Recent conference presentations have been made at The European Association for Sport Management Annual Conference, the European Conference in Sport Economics, the Leisure Studies Annual Conference, the European Academy of Management Annual Conference, and the Political Studies Association Sport and Politics Group Annual Conference.