Economics of Professional Road Cycling

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Daam Van Reeth, Daniel J. Larson, Daam van Reeth

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By discussing the existing research and complementing it with the newest concepts, ideas and data on professional road cycling, this book sets an agenda for further academic research while providing insights for all stakeholders in cycling: governments, cycling's governing bodies, team managers, race organizers, sponsors, media.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-23
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt534 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSports Economics, Management and Policy
Antal sidor341
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319371894

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Daniel Joseph Larson is a Lecturer at the University of Oklahoma in the Department of Health and Exercise Science. His research interests are largely contained within the economics of competitive cycling, ranging from professional competition to recreational participation. His past work experience includes periods of collegiate cycling team coaching, professional cycling team management, and managing several competitive cycling events. His past academic research topics also include cycling event management, the industrial organization of sport coaches, U.S. professional cyclist compensation, and cycling competition policies. Daam Van Reeth is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and program director of the business administration program at the University College Brussels (Belgium). His research interests relate to the economics of sport, with special focus on professional road cycling. Research topics he worked on include TV demand for the Tour de France, doping, gender balance in sports coverage of the Olympic Games, performance measurement and fantasy sports.

0. Foreword / Introduction.- 1. Professional road cycling: historical developmentand organisational structure.- 2. The organisational structure of professional roadcycling.- 3. The economics of professional road cycling.- 4. Sponsoring and marketing.- 5. Broadcasting of cycling.- 6. The economics of cycling attendance.- 7. Coaching and the labour market of cycling.- 8. Strategic behaviour and social mechanisms incycling races.- 9. The impact of regulation on race developments.- 10. Modelling cycling performances.- 11. Outcome uncertainty and competitive balance.- 12. Globalisation in cycling.- 13. Dysfunctions in cycling: doping and collusion.- 14. The future of professional road cycling.