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A social perspective of sports-based entrepreneurship

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  • Vanessa Ratten

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In this paper I develop the concept of sport-based entrepreneurship and argue that it provides a potential social orientated strategy for the development of sports-related businesses. I maintain that this emerging form of entrepreneurship is usually inherent in the management of sports, which transforms sport-based organisations into an entrepreneur and enterprise. This paper draws on interdisciplinary approaches from the entrepreneurship and sport management literature to discuss the social entrepreneurship inherent within sports-based organisations. The sport sector provides an exploration of the contextual boundaries of social entrepreneurship and provides a useful discussion on the innovation, risk taking and proactive activity. The implications for sport organisations involved in social entrepreneurship are stated and the importance of governments around the world to promote social entrepreneurship in sport are highlighted. In addition, suggestions for future research are stated that highlight the role of sport-based entrepreneurship theory for examining social change.

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  • Vanessa Ratten, 2011. "A social perspective of sports-based entrepreneurship," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(3), pages 314-326.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:12:y:2011:i:3:p:314-326
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    1. Hemme, Florian & Morais, Dominic G. & Bowers, Matthew T. & Todd, Janice S., 2017. "Extending sport-based entrepreneurship theory through phenomenological inquiry," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 92-104.
    2. Massimiliano M. Pellegrini & Riccardo Rialti & Giacomo Marzi & Andrea Caputo, 2020. "Sport entrepreneurship: A synthesis of existing literature and future perspectives," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 795-826, September.
    3. Nuria Toledano, 2020. "Looking for God, meaning, physical fitness and beyond: the religious and spiritual space in sport entrepreneurship," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 897-916, September.
    4. Jonas Hammerschmidt & Fabian Eggers & Sascha Kraus & Paul Jones & Matthias Filser, 2020. "Entrepreneurial orientation in sports entrepreneurship - a mixed methods analysis of professional soccer clubs in the German-speaking countries," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 839-857, September.
    5. Chen-Yueh Chen & Yi-Hsiu Lin, 2021. "Social Entrepreneurship in Professional Sports: Antecedents and Outcomes from the Consumer Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-18, January.
    6. Gadaf Rexhepi & Veland Ramadani & Vanessa Ratten, 2018. "TQM techniques as an innovative approach in sport organisations management: toward a conceptual framework," International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 20(1), pages 18-30.
    7. Jonas Hammerschmidt & Fabian Eggers & Sascha Kraus & Paul Jones & Matthias Filser, 0. "Entrepreneurial orientation in sports entrepreneurship - a mixed methods analysis of professional soccer clubs in the German-speaking countries," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 0, pages 1-19.

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