An Absence of Competition The Sustained Competitive Advantage of the Monopoly Sports Leagues /

• Main Author: Longley, Neil. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy, 5
• Subjects: Industrial management.; Management.; Economics.; Management science.; Economics, general.; Media Management.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book takes a multi-disciplinary approach to analyzing the nature of ỚScompetitionỚ<U+00fd> and ỚScompetitive advantageỚ<U+00fd> within the U.S. pro sport industry. By many measures, the four major pro sports leagues in the U.S.Ớ<U+001c>the National Football League (NFL),...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Some Conceptual Foundations: A Primer on the Economic Structure of Professional Sport
• 3 The USFL as a Case Study
• 4 A Brief History of Post-World War II Rival Leagues
• 5 Explaining Competitiveness: Alternate Theoretical Frameworks
• 6 Property-Based Resources: Franchise Locations, Stadiums, and Players
• 7 Knowledge-Based Resources
• Managerial Competencies
• 8 The Way Ahead: The Prospects for the Re-Emergence of Rival Leagues
• Index.