How far is World Champion from World Class? Institutional effects on a Brazilian non-profit sports organization

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify the main factors for the internationalization of Brazilian soccer teams via the strategic networks and institutional view approaches. The literature review unveils that ties and connections to the access and acquisitions of inimitable resources, learning races and being a leader or occupying an important position in a network are the main factors for the network formation to achieve internationalization. We adopted the single case study method, and data collection was done by in depth-interviews with ten key respondents. The main findings revealed that resource acquisition capabilities, the organization's size, brand and image reputation and institutional environment are relevant factors for the internationalization of a firm by networks. As a theoretical contribution, firms that have strong brand and image reputation with resources that will strength network are an important factor for a firm entering a network or developing one. Regarding managerial perspective, a main contribution is to propose a sequence of factors to be used in a specific way.

Enjoying the NFL in Brazil through social TV

“…Our findings align with the understanding that content and consumption in the sports entertainment industry are simultaneously produced, in a synchronized cooperation between producers and viewers of television broadcasts (Dias & Rossi, 2017). Besides, in the digital age the conducting of content presentation to the audience has been significantly changed (Turner, 2007;Thompson et al, 2015), turning social media one a main way of interaction between viewers, what potentializes their participation on broadcasting (Ducheneaut et al, 2008).…”

“…Increasingly, viewers identify with TV content, no longer behaving as passive receivers (Batra & Keller, 2016). Once media sports content production (i.e., broadcast) is simultaneous to its consumption, it may induce synchronized cooperation with and among its consumers (Dias & Rossi, 2017). When consumers engage and seek to appropriate of content, they take on themselves functions that originally belong to producers, acting as prosumers (Ritzer & Jurgenson, 2010, Collins, 2010.…”

An Institutional Work Perspective to Performance Management: The Case of Botswana National Sport Organizations

“…It is also important to note that prior research on organisational performance of NSOs was conducted in countries that have a context that is noticeably different from Botswana. Prior research was conducted in Australia , Belgium , Brazil (Dias & Rossi, 2017), Canada (Chelladuari & Haggerty, 1991), France , Greece , Portugal, Spain, Italy , Lithuania (Čingienė, 2019;Čingienė, Laskien & VyŠtartait, 2014), New Zealand and Russia . The economies of these countries and their large populations allow for bigger NSOs with numerous and more lucrative resource streams.…”

“…Sport management research supports the notion that performance management (PM) practices are prevalent among National Sport Organisations (NSOs) Čingienė, 2019;Dias & Rossi, 2017;Hulme et al, 2019;Omondi-Ochieng, 2018;. NSOs implement PM practices to track how they use their resources through their organisational systems and processes , and to improve their efficiency and effectiveness to attain goals Omondi-Ochieng, 2018;.…”

Ambiente institucional, estrutura do futebol feminino e desempenho de 61 clubes das ligas mais fortes do mundo

“…Várias teorias econômicas são empregadas para estudos direcionados ao futebol masculino, como: Teoria da Agência (Maia, Rebouças, Vasconcelos & Reinaldo, 2018); Teoria dos Stakeholders (Siqueira, Pajanian & Telles, 2015); Teoria dos Custos de Transação (Martins, Marquezan, Diehl & Flores, 2017); Visão Baseada em Recursos (Costa, Costa, Angelo & Moraes, 2018;Galvão & Dornelas, 2017); e Teoria Institucional (Allison, 2016;Arakelian, Brito & Rosenthal, 2020;Dias & Rossi, 2017;Maia & Cardoso, 2019;Mayer, Martins, & Kronbauer, 2017).…”