This study is a response to Klein et al. (2008), which was highly critical of earlier work by Ashton et al. (2003). This work considering the link between international soccer results and stock market returns was challenged by Klein et al. (2008), who reject the presence and importance of...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to deepen resource-based view theory by analyzing how intellectual capital (IC) affects performance in temporary teams and by showing the moderating role of integrative mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach: The research context focuses on 153 national...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the problem of designing league regulatory mechanisms given the multi-dimensionality of competitive balance and the proliferation of empirical measures. Design/methodology/approach: A three-stage approach is adopted. Firstly, a taxonomy of...

This paper considers the confusion generated by the interpretations of Keynes's GENERAL THEORY. Drawing on the study of hermeneutics, it is argued that much of the confusion is caused by the adoption of presuppositions, often implicitly, about the nature of interpretation. Another contributory...

Using the team performance-club profit framework, a formal model is developed of the determination of the transfer fees paid by football clubs when players are traded for cash. It is argued that transfer fees can involve monopoly rents; the selling club extracts a share of the nonnegative...