Despite the successful conclusion of the season, the members of the Board of Directors of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) were worried. A statement from Novak Djokovic during a joint interview with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer a few days before the tournament did not get out of...

Literature on the “power of words” has emphasized the importance of a firm's corporate communication as a source of legitimacy and reputation in the eyes of its stakeholders. We argue that it is not just the content or style of a firm's communication about its strategy, but also the...

Purpose The aim of this study is to identify organisational capabilities (OC) for a successful digital transformation (DT) and associated structures of internal teams to orchestrate and support DT. Design/methodology/approach An explorative, qualitative study, comprising semi-structured...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of superstars (and other factors) on football fans’ attraction to competition (i.e. disloyal behavior). Design/methodology/approach – A proprietary data set including archival data on professional German football players and...