Theories, concepts and the Rugby World Cup: Using management to understand sport

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 600-625

  Adcroft, Andy ^a   Teckman, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Management technique; Organizational performance; Sporting events

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149113246     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810865085     Document Type: Article

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