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Towards a sport cluster model: the Ocean Racing Cluster in Brittany

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  • Anna Gerke

    (Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School)

  • Michel Desbordes

    (CIAMS - Complexité, Innovation, Activités Motrices et Sportives - UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 - UO - Université d'Orléans)

  • Geoff Dickson

    (AUT - Auckland University of Technology)

Abstract

Research question: This research develops deductively a conceptual framework for the detection and analysis of sport clusters. Research methods: We test this framework in the ocean racing cluster in Brittany, France. Primary data collection comprises 34 interviews and 8 observations. Secondary data consisted of organisational information and archival data. Data were analysed with NVivo. Results and findings: The suggested framework consists of location-specific factors (LSF) that determine the development and sustainability of a sport cluster and 10 types of cluster organisations (CLOR) as typical members. We find that all suggested LSF are relevant. Some CLOR receive less attention than others. Shipyards, professional sport organisations, governing bodies and marine equipment firms have key roles in the ocean racing cluster. Implications: The sport cluster framework is consistent and applicable to different contexts. Further sport cluster studies in different sports and countries are recommended to consolidate the concept and to enable practitioners to better understand and create sport clusters.

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  • Anna Gerke & Michel Desbordes & Geoff Dickson, 2015. "Towards a sport cluster model: the Ocean Racing Cluster in Brittany," Post-Print hal-01139821, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01139821
    DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2015.1019535
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    1. Gerke, Anna & Babiak, Kathy & Dickson, Geoff & Desbordes, Michel, 2018. "Developmental processes and motivations for linkages in cross-sectoral sport clusters," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 133-146.
    2. Gerke, Anna & Luzzini, Davide & Mena, Carlos, 2021. "Innovation configurations in sport clusters: The role of interorganizational citizenship and social capital," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 409-419.
    3. Gerke, Anna & Dickson, Geoff & Desbordes, Michel & Gates, Stephen, 2017. "The role of interorganizational citizenship behaviors in the innovation process," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 55-64.
    4. Anna Gerke & Kongting Yeh, 2015. "From manufacturing base to innovative cluster – the case of Taiwan’s cycle industry," Post-Print hal-01340307, HAL.
    5. Gerke, Anna & Woratschek, Herbert & Dickson, Geoff, 2020. "The sport cluster concept as middle-range theory for the sport value framework," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 200-214.

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    location-specific factor; sport cluster; ocean racing; cluster organisation;
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