Explaining international sporting success: An international comparison of elite sport systems and policies in six countries

Bosscher, Veerle De; Knop, Paul De; Bottenburg, Maarten van; Shibli, Simon; Bingham, Jerry

doi:10.1016/j.smr.2009.01.001

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“…On the one hand there are studies that aim to determine and analyse the key success determinants of elite sport policies at the national policy level (e.g. De Bosscher, De Knop, Van Bottenburg, & Shibli, 2006;De Bosscher, De Knop, van Bottenburg, Shibli, & Bingham, 2009;Digel, Burk, & Fahrner, 2006;). On the other hand, there are studies aiming to understand elite sport more broadly from a political or historical perspective (Andersen & Ronglan, 2012;Bergsgard et al, 2007;Green & Houlihan, 2005;Houlihan & Green, 2008).…”

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Convergence and Divergence of Elite Sport Policies: Is There a One-Size-Fits-All Model to Develop International Sporting Success?

Bosscher

Shibli

Westerbeek

et al. 2016

Journal of Global Sport Management

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Convergence and Divergence of Elite Sport Policies: Is There a One-Size-Fits-All Model to Develop International Sporting Success?

Bosscher

Shibli

Westerbeek

et al. 2016

Journal of Global Sport Management

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“…Even to obtain a consistent performance from employees and players would be quite an accomplishment at certain times [31], [32] proposed the fifth pillar that stressed on important aspect of athletic career support and post career.…”

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Developing Motorsports Talents towards Achieving a Successful and Sustainable Business Ventures Framework upon the Completion of an Active Motorsports Career

Rahim¹,

Wahab²,

Razak³

2014

IJTEF

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Abstract-In today's business environment, talent has become the potentially powerful source of competitive advantage. It is the fundamental building block to creating an organization which is capable of learning, innovating and changing, as well as executing new processes. It has been said that, talent management include the additional management processes and opportunities put in place for people in the organization that are considered to be talented. This paper intends to present a guide for racers to drive their companies by extending their success on the race tracks into business. This piece of work is based on the information gathered through in-depth interviews with three business owners that are also active racers. In the course of the interview, feedbacks regarding benchmarking through talent in motorsports and businesses were sought. The importance of talent management as seen through the prism of how top performers in motorsports have succeeded in driving their business while still producing impressive results on the race tracks was established in this study.

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“…These studies were situated in very different contexts: professional football (Cross and Henderson, 2003), elite athletes (de Bosscher et al, 2009) and the organization of sporting events (Emery, 2010). The studies are similar in that each attempts to shed some light on the reasons behind success or failure in sport and all find that investment in on-field performance is the key to organizational success.…”

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“…Despite 67% of the 54 clubs in the study failing to break even financially, the study finds that attracting the best players, whatever the cost, is the strategy that goes someway to creating a barrier to the increasing transferability of this valuable resource. On a similar theme, de Bosscher et al (2009) study the phenomenon of elite sporting success, and consider whether success can be attributed to strategic investment. The study adopts the operations management paradigm of input-throughput-output to examine the interaction between policy inputs (resources), policy throughputs (processes) and outputs (results during international competitions, e.g.…”

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Should we try out for the major leagues? A call for research in sport operations management

Kauppi

Moxham

Bamford

2013

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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Purpose – Research related to operations management (OM) in the sport industry is underdeveloped, despite sport being a continued context of study in other management disciplines. Most studies on the topic are conducted largely in isolation and not linked to the wider OM theory base. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the few studies conducted and develop a detailed research agenda to encourage future research in this interesting, important and topical context. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a comprehensive systematic literature review methodology to synthesize the research on sport OM to date. Gaps within the literature are identified and avenues for future research to drive improved performance in multiple aspects of sport OM are suggested. Findings – Examination of the literature shows sports OM to be underdeveloped, with little cumulative learning between existing studies and weak linkages between sport and OM research. To develop the topic further there is a clear requirement for more theory-based research as well as more rigorous empirical testing. The sport industry has special characteristics that differentiate it from the overall service industry and call for targeted research. Practical implications – Sport today is a major business. The industry also contributes to individual health and well-being. This paper suggests several research directions designed to improve off-field performance in sport operations. Originality/value – This paper is the first to identify and synthesize the separate studies that have been conducted on OM in sport to date in order to provide a multifaceted research agenda aimed at developing both theoretical and managerial contributions within this important yet under researched area.

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Explaining international sporting success: An international comparison of elite sport systems and policies in six countries

Cited by 164 publications

References 15 publications

Convergence and Divergence of Elite Sport Policies: Is There a One-Size-Fits-All Model to Develop International Sporting Success?

Convergence and Divergence of Elite Sport Policies: Is There a One-Size-Fits-All Model to Develop International Sporting Success?

Developing Motorsports Talents towards Achieving a Successful and Sustainable Business Ventures Framework upon the Completion of an Active Motorsports Career

Should we try out for the major leagues? A call for research in sport operations management

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