Publications

*New Zealand Sports Business Book Revised*
Leberman, S., Trenberth, L. & Collins, C. (2006) (2nd Editon). Sport business management in New Zealand. Australia: Thomson.


Football in the Digital Age: Whose Game is it Anyway?
Hamil, Michie, Oughton and Warby (eds) 2000


A Game of Two Halves? The Business of Football
Hamil, Michie, and Oughton (eds) 1999


The Changing Face of the Football Business: Supporters Direct
 Hamil, Michie, Oughton and Warby (eds) 2001


Football Clubs as Social or Financial Institutions?
Sean Hamil
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The Professional Footballers’ Association: A Case Study of Trade Union Growth
Geoff Walters
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State of the Game Reports 2001 - 2006

Sean Hamil (2001-2003) and Dr Geoff Walters (2003-2006) were co-authors of the State of the Game reports produced by the Birkbeck Football Governance Research Centre (FGRC). Hamil was a co-founder of the FGRC and its Deputy Director. The reports can be accessed at:


Michie, J; Oughton, C.; & Walters, G. (2006 - December). `The State of the Game: The Corporate Governance of Football Clubs 2006'. Birkbeck College Football Governance Research Centre Research Paper 2006/03 - ISBN 0--9549012-7-4. 70 pages.


Holt, M.; Michie, J; Oughton, C.; Tacon, R. & Walters, G. (2005 - November). `The State of the Game: The Corporate Governance of Football Clubs 2005'. Birkbeck College Football Governance Research Centre Research Paper 2005/03 - ISBN 0-9549012-4-X.100 pages.


Holt, M.; Michie, J; Oughton, C.; Shailer, L. & Walters, G. (2004 - November). `The State of the Game: The Corporate Governance of Football Clubs 2004'. Birkbeck College Football Governance Research Centre Research Paper 2004/03 - ISBN 0-9549012-1-5. 84 pages.


Hamil, S.; Holt, M.; Michie, J; Oughton, C.; Shailer, L. & Walters, G. (2003 - December). `The State of the Game: The Corporate Governance of Football Clubs 2003'. Birkbeck College Football Governance Research Centre Research Paper 2003/04 - ISBN 0-9540265-6-X. 76 pages.


Binns, S.; Hamil, S.; Holt, M.; Michie, J; Oughton, C.; Shailer, L. & Wright, K. (2002 - September). `The State of the Game: The Corporate Governance of Football Clubs 2002'. Birkbeck College Football Governance Research Centre Research Paper 2002/01 - ISBN 9-954 0265 - 2. 60 pages.


Hamil, S.; Michie, J; Oughton, C. & Shailer, L. (2001 - September) `The State of the Game: The Corporate Governance of Football Clubs 2001'. Birkbeck College Football Governance Research Centre Research Paper 2001/02 - ISBN 9-954 0265 - 1 - 9. 52 pages.


Walters,G. (2004). The Professional Footballers Association: A Case-Study of Trade Union Growth. (pdf)


The Business of Sport Management
John Beech and Simon Chadwick
Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2004
http://www.pearsoned.co.uk
The scale and importance of the lucrative sport industry demands quality business professionals. This ground-breaking new book equips the manager and future manager of sport organisations with the tools they need to deliver. The Business of Sport Management is ideal for students of sports management on programmes of leisure studies, sports studies and business studies. Written and contributed to by leading academics and practitioners in UK, Europe and Australia it is also of great interest to practitioners working in sport businesses.
Blending both theory and practice The Business of Sports Management looks at the distinctive context of sport organisations. It then looks at management theories and practice within the functional areas such as finance, human resource management and marketing. Finally it considers contemporary issues of importance such as sponsorship and endorsement, risk management and the media. Set in an international environment the authors have been careful to choose stimulating examples from a wide variety of sports.


The Marketing of Sport
John Beech and Simon Chadwick
Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2006
http://www.pearsoned.co.uk
Using international case studies, up-to-the-minute data and drawing on a wide range of sources, this book provides an essential introduction to the principles and practice of sport marketing.


Marketing and Football: An International Perspective
Editor: Michel Desbordes
Series Editor: Simon Chadwick
Elsevier, 2006
http://www.elsevier.com
Football is arguably one of the most important sports in the world, and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue, as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from the sport. In a wider context, football marketing has also become a benchmarking standard for other sports to learn from worldwide. The practices and processes of such an established industry are important lessons for those sports which are yet to maximise on their potential earnings, and provide interesting lessons in sports marketing in general.


International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
Editor: Simon Chadwick
International Marketing Reports
http://www.im-reports.com/index.html
Each issue contains quality, in-depth analysis of key issues in sports business, covering such areas as: Sports Management; Sports Marketing & Sponsorship; Sports Law; and Sports Media.


International Cases in the Business of Sport
Edited by Simon Chadwick and Dave Arthur
Butterworth Heinemann, 2007

As the position of sport management in the higher education curriculum becomes stronger by the year, the numbers of students and staff who are teaching and learning on sport management related modules is growing exponentially. International Cases in the Business of Sport focuses specifically on the analysis of high profile cases studies within the management of sport businesses and offers an innovative teaching solution to a market which has been poorly served until now. The text provides:

International Cases in the Business of Sport is a truly international text examining sports from a global perspective and including case studies on: FC Barcelona, Grand Slam tennis, the Olympic Games, the National Basketball Association, Manchester United, the National Hockey League, the Tour de France and Boca Juniors. There is a companion website available for tutors using this text with further analysis, more cases and extra questions and exercises at www.textbooks.elsevier.com.

Further links:
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/manop/management/mscmres/sb/seminars/shamil.shtml
http://www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/2007-10-10


Sport Marketing Talk Series
Edited by Simon Chadwick
Henry Stewart, 2007
http://www.hstalks.com/

Henry Stewart Talks publishes seminar style audio-visual talks presented by leading world experts. Each of the seminars is specially commissioned in a user-friendly format of animated slides with synchronised narration.

The talks preserve each speaker’s personality and approach allowing the listener to experience world-class seminars at one’s own pace, wherever one wants and as often as one wants.

The format brings state of the art, seminar style, audio-visual talks by world experts to you, in a highly cost effective medium. All the talks are available both online and on CD-Rom with licensing options to meet everyone's needs.

The Sport Marketing Talk Series consists of important concepts and high profile cases, delivered by leading sports marketing experts. As such, the editor believes that readers should derive numerous benefits by reading it that include:

The series consists of ten talks, which are:

Talk 1: The distinctive nature of sport marketing
Talk 2: Attracting and retaining sports fans
Talk 3: Creating and branding sport products
Talk 4: Sport and the international marketing environment
Talk 5: Marketing major sporting events
Talk 6: Sponsorship, strategy, creativity, advantage – the case of Red Mandarin
Talk 7: A data-driven approach to sports marketing – the case of 141 Worldwide
Talk 8: Successful new market entry – the case of Chivas USA
Talk 9: Marketing major sports venues – the case of the Amsterdam Arena
Talk 10: Creative sport marketing communications – the case of Atlético Madrid


Last modified: 24 June 2008