This past week, a delegation from Sport Event Denmark and the Danish FA (DBU) went to Switzerland to experience that Copenhagen won the bid as one of 13 host cities in 13 different European countries to host part of the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament. That is fantastic news for Denmark in general but also particularly […]
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Football players, asset management and the unexploited potential of enhanced player engagement in football management and football marketing.
By Kenneth Cortsen on September 9, 2014 in Best Of, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
As an appetizer for the book Marketing & Football: an international perspective (Desbordes, 2012), it is emphasized that (see citation below) “Football is arguably one of the most important sports in the world, and the marketing of football has become an increasingly important issue, as clubs and product owners need to generate more revenue from […]
Football Economy: Looking into the economy of the Premier League
The 2014/2015 season of the English Premier League will kick off on Saturday the 16th of August. With about one week until the start of a new English football season, I have decided to look at some ‘football economic’ factors of the world’s most revenue-generating football league. Photo: Revenue break-down of top five European football […]
Football & business models: Factors behind Germany’s World Cup success?
Germany is one of the super powers in the world of football and the country’s latest success manifests the impression that Germany’s overall association with quality, team-work, and confidence is a fine exemplification of how to turn an understanding of the modern football context into titles. During what was thought to be one of the […]
Corporate brands taking advantage of the passionate texture of football – Nike vs. Adidas
By Kenneth Cortsen on June 12, 2014 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
On top of being a premium football event, the FIFA World Cup is also a social party for corporate brands. Despite not being one of the official FIFA sponsors, other brands still invests highly in football’s most notorious party. For Nike, its football (soccer) business unit has already created buzz around the #RiskEverything campaign, which […]