Urban regimes and sport in North American cities: Seeking status through franchises, events and facilities

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-241

  Mason, Daniel S ^a   Duquette, Gregory H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial cities; Globalisation; Local sport; Status; Urban regime theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549117560     PISSN: 14758962     EISSN: 17402808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2008.017190     Document Type: Article

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