Governance Failure and Financial Crisis in German Football

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 662-669

  Dietl, Helmut M ^a   Franck, Egon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

50 + 1 rule; German football; league governance; licensing system; member associations; overinvestment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990353552     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002506297022     Document Type: Article

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