Corporate citizenship in football: Delivering strategic benefits through stakeholder engagement

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Walters, Geoff ^a   Chadwick, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Football; Stakeholder analysis; Strategic management; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349428943     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910929696     Document Type: Article

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