Assessing the impact of sports mega-events in transition economies: EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing

Volumn 2, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 496-509

  Humphreys, Brad R ^a   Prokopowicz, Szymon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Sports mega events; Sports tourism; Transition economies; UEFA; Union of European Football Associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848852967     PISSN: 14758962     EISSN: 17402808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2007.013963     Document Type: Article

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