In the vocabulary of managers and business economists, competitive sport is commonly used as a metaphor for competition at the economic level; part of the terminology is common: we talk about strategies, tactics, resources and specific or generic skills, there is the action of the individual and the organization of the group, there is a normative framework of reference that regulates both the development of sports as much as economic activity. In spite of these semantic and cognitive similitudes, the economic aspects of sport are often considered sufficiently, as if they were destined to remain marginal, relegated to a very secondary position compared to athletic or social ones; that are placed at the center of the primary concerns of those who make or organize professional sport. Sometimes the economic components of sport are considered with contempt, sometimes even denied. Nevertheless, professional sport is also a significant economic phenomenon. Studies on sport and sports clubs are few in number compared to the importance of these activities, both in the economic and social sphere. Therefore professional sport lends itself to a series of considerations and insights on its structural characteristics, the behavior of its organizational actors and their economic performance. As part of this work we aim to analyze the professional football sector in Italy and to evaluate the competitive environment in which Italian football clubs operate. The study is part of a larger international research project involving France, Italy and England.

Nel linguaggio dei manager o degli economisti aziendali, lo sport agonistico viene usato comunemente come metafora della competizione a livello economico; parte della terminologia è comune: si parla di strategie, di tattiche, di risorse e di competenze specifiche o generiche, c'è l'azione dell'individuo e l'organizzazione del gruppo, esiste un quadro normativo di riferimento che regola tanto lo svolgimento dell'attività sportiva quanto quello dell'attività economica. Malgrado queste similitudini sul piano semantico e cognitivo, gli aspetti economici dello sport sono spesso considerati con sufficienza, come se fossero destinati a restare marginali, relegati in una posizione molto secondaria rispetto a quelli atletici o sociali; che vengono posti al centro delle preoccupazioni primarie di chi fa od organizza lo sport professionistico. Talvolta le componenti economiche dello sport sono considerate con disprezzo, talaltra addirittura negate. Ciononostante lo sport professionistico è anche un rilevante fenomeno economico. Gli studi sullo sport e sulle società sportive sono poco numerosi rispetto alla rilevanza di queste attività, tanto in ambito economico quanto in ambito sociale. Pertanto lo sport professionistico si presta a una serie di considerazioni e di approfondimenti sulle sue caratteristiche strutturali, sui comportamenti dei suoi attori organizzativi e sulle loro performance economiche. Nell'ambito di questo lavoro ci proponiamo di analizzare il settore del calcio professionistico in Italia e di valutare il contesto competitivo nel quale operano le società calcistiche italiane. Lo studio rientra in un più ampio progetto di ricerca internazionale che interessa la Francia, l'Italia e l'Inghilterra.

Baroncelli, A., Lago, U., Szymanski, S., Il business del calcio, Egea, Milano 2004: 313 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122433]

Il business del calcio

Baroncelli, Alessandro
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2004

Abstract

In the vocabulary of managers and business economists, competitive sport is commonly used as a metaphor for competition at the economic level; part of the terminology is common: we talk about strategies, tactics, resources and specific or generic skills, there is the action of the individual and the organization of the group, there is a normative framework of reference that regulates both the development of sports as much as economic activity. In spite of these semantic and cognitive similitudes, the economic aspects of sport are often considered sufficiently, as if they were destined to remain marginal, relegated to a very secondary position compared to athletic or social ones; that are placed at the center of the primary concerns of those who make or organize professional sport. Sometimes the economic components of sport are considered with contempt, sometimes even denied. Nevertheless, professional sport is also a significant economic phenomenon. Studies on sport and sports clubs are few in number compared to the importance of these activities, both in the economic and social sphere. Therefore professional sport lends itself to a series of considerations and insights on its structural characteristics, the behavior of its organizational actors and their economic performance. As part of this work we aim to analyze the professional football sector in Italy and to evaluate the competitive environment in which Italian football clubs operate. The study is part of a larger international research project involving France, Italy and England.
2004
Italiano
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Egea
Baroncelli, A., Lago, U., Szymanski, S., Il business del calcio, Egea, Milano 2004: 313 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122433]
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