..., among others. Practical implications The stocks of professional footballers and football officials are valuable sources of competitive advantage (CA) in national football team rankings. Originality/value The study highlighted the uniqueness and distinctiveness of a nation possessing large stocks...

... in the disciplines of the Winter Olympics. The market intelligence that NSAs can derive from understanding these mechanisms is discussed to contribute to knowledge concerning the development of competitive advantage in high performance sports management. When analysing the market size of Olympic disciplines...

...Rebecca Burden; Tony Proctor The article examines how customer needs are represented within the training evaluation framework of an organisation. The authors assert that meeting customer needs on time, every time, is a route to achieving and sustaining competitive advantage, and training is a tool...

... at the role that teamwork may play in resolving them. In particular, the approach to teamworking in the UK TGI Fridays restaurant group is examined. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Competitive advantage Employee involvement Groups Service industry Strategy Teams On common with many other sectors...