... to maintain a competitive edge, even though the system imposes costs on all of those involved. Originality/value – This paper serves as the initial paper that examines international sourcing, social responsibility and baseball. As international sport clubs/franchises continue to source athletic talent...

... – and implications for football and general corporate governance are presented. Dimitrios Kolyperas can be contacted at: dimitrios.kolyperas@stir.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 While sport organizations have long acknowledged their ability in delivering social outcomes including...

...Emma Sherry; David Shilbury; Greg Wood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the relationship between sport and business has increased the complexity of ethical issues affecting contemporary sport management. Specifically, this paper seeks to define conflict of interest and how...

...John Forster Purpose To identify the organisations that provide global governance within the sports industry, to discuss their role, and to suggest that they have self‐governance problems due to both their evolution and the massive commercialisation of sport of recent decades. Design...