Sport policies aiming at increasing mass participation and club participation have stressed the importance of sport infrastructure. Previous research has mainly analyzed the influence of individual factors (age, income, etc.) on sport participation. Although a few studies have dealt with the...

Elite sports are widely considered by national governments as a merit good through which many benefits to society as whole can be fostered through the stimulation of ‘national pride’ and ‘happiness’ (or ‘wellbeing’). The aim of this paper is to analyze what factors influence...

In the twenty-first century, classic organization forms will be replaced by new forms of network organization. Specifically, the provision of complex, multi-optional and high-quality services raises numerous issues of managing and analysing network organizations in the service economy, not least...