... the esports industry and corresponding research trends. Through the lens of stakeholder theory, this review elucidates the relationships between these challenges and the esports stakeholders, as well as the roles each stakeholder plays in addressing them. By presenting research gaps and future research...

... Stakeholder theory College football governance Media rights Sports centralization Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) In December `2024, SEC (Southeastern Conference) Commissioner Greg Sankey sat in his office considering the 12-team College Football Playoff conference. Despite major ranking systems...

... research was to explore the perceptions of A-League Men’s active supporters regarding an athlete wellbeing programme. Design/methodology/approach Informed by stakeholder theory, active supporters of the A-League provided their perceptions of the Player Development Programme (PDP) – the athlete...

... activities. This model is grounded in stakeholder theory (Freeman et al., 2010), which argues that an organization's performance in affected at least in part by how they manage their relationships with stakeholders (Carroll and Shabana, 2010). That is, organizations are affected by how stakeholders...

... strategies to press the NBA and AEG to further reduce their involvement in the MasterCard Center’s operations. Second, Bloomage used cultural differences to justify the need to reduce its reliance on the NBA and AEG. Originality/value The study adds to the literature on stakeholder theory and sport...

... Olympic Games host city Olympic bid marketing stakeholder theory event management Olympic Games host and bid city marketing: exploring issue management in the relationships among event stakeholder groups RESEARCH PAPER Keywords sports marketing Olympic Games host city Olympic bid marketing...