Private firm, public corporation or member's association governance structures in European football

International Journal of Sport Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-127

  Franck, Egon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Strategy and Business Economics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bundesliga; European football; Governance structure; Members' association; Overinvestment; Premier League; Private firm; Public corporation; UEFA; Verein

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952082864     PISSN: 15586235     EISSN: 1930076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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