Measuring the Efficiency of Football Clubs Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Empirical Evidence From Spanish Professional Football

Raja, Isidoro Guzmán; Guzmán-Raja, Manuela

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“…Studies including the size of revenues were found in the English (Barros and Garcia-del-Barrio, 2008; Guzmán and Morrow, 2007), Spanish (Barros et al. , 2009; Guzmán-Rajaand and Guzmán-Raja, 2021) or French (Jardin, 2009) leagues. Amongst the minor leagues, research involving revenue was conducted in the Brazilian (Barros et al.…”

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Legend of leagues: heterogeneity in the revenue structure of European national leagues

Havran,

Kajos,

Mazzag

2023

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PurposeThe environmental characteristics of international football can vary significantly from one country to another. As a result, the economic and market possibilities and the objectives of each national league are very heterogeneous. This article aims to examine the differences in revenue structures amongst European national football leagues (n = 50) and cluster them based on these structures. It also investigates which revenue structure would be more effective for similar leagues, considering the previously mentioned varying environmental characteristics of international football.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilises a theoretical framework of business modelling, applied in a unique way to league organisers of national championships. Data on sports and business aspects were collected from sources such as the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Financial Benchmarking Reports, transfermarkt.de and related sources for the period 2015 to 2018. K-means cluster analysis, using the Euclidean distance approach, was employed to develop clusters based on revenue sources over a four-year average.FindingsThe paper presents the characteristics and year-to-year changes of nine developed clusters. Throughout the analysis, variables such as average overpayment and inequality between player values amongst leagues were prioritised. The study's practical implications can assist league organisers in enhancing the competitiveness of their leagues, supported by short case studies that provide illustrative examples.Originality/valueThe novelty of the current article lies in introducing innovative variables such as the variance of player value whilst focussing on meso-level analysis, providing a fresh contribution to the existing literature in the field for understanding revenue structures and performance in European national football leagues.

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Legend of leagues: heterogeneity in the revenue structure of European national leagues

Havran,

Kajos,

Mazzag

2023

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“…O mercado do CFP é deveras especial, em virtude de estar fortemente condicionado pela atividade desportiva no retângulo de jogo. Assim, a eficiência do CFP depende, sobretudo, do talento dos jogadores e treinadores, ou seja, do capital humano (HC) como variável determinante para a eficiência e o sucesso (Guzmán-Raja & Guzmán-Raja, 2021). Daí se mencionar amiúde que um CFP é tão bom quanto os seus atletas e treinadores, e que estes são o recurso mais escasso do CFP.…”

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Kick and rush or valuing strategic factors in the recovery of success and financial wealth of professional football clubs

2022

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This investigation analyzes four strategic factors – leadership, human capital, value creation, and distinctive capabilities system – influencing professional football clubs' sporting success and financial wealth. We developed two models during the investigation. The first model focuses on the four factors per se of sporting success and financial wealth, and the second model focuses on the multidimensional construct “INPUTS”. This latent factor aggregates the four distinct ones relating to the factors as a single concept. The results show that (i) only the leadership and the system of distinctive capabilities per se influence the “OUTPUTS”; and (ii) “INPUTS” have a strong influence on “OUTPUTS”, more significant than the sum of the four factors. The differential of this investigation is the conclusions related to the “INPUTS”, since the four factors are closely interconnected and, when treated as a single concept, a door is opened to capture transitory competitive opportunities and advantages through an innovation behavior. Customer and human capital centric. Furthermore, we also confirm that the distinctive capabilities system is the transmission shaft between innovation behavior and “OUTPUTS”. We did a cross-sectional survey to collect the perceptions of Portuguese football coaches. In addition, a quantitative study was used in the treatment of data, including PLS-SEM.

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“…Interestingly, DEA has been originally designed to evaluate the efficiency of the non-profit sector (Barišić & Cvetkoska, 2020), but it soon spread to many other sectors and is today successfully implemented in many various sectors, such as banking (Micajkova & Poposka, 2013;Fotova Čiković & Cvetkoska, 2017), forestry (Šporčić et al, 2008), education (Obadić et al, 2011;Mihaljević Kosor et al, 2019), the health sector (Pereira et al, 2021), the public sector (Rabar et al, 2021) to measuring the efficiency of football clubs (Guzmán-Raja et al, 2021) and restaurants (Planinc et al, 2019).…”

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Efficiency Evaluation in the Tourism Sector in Croatia and Serbia: Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis

Čiković¹,

Lozić²,

Milković³

2021

6th International Thematic Monograph: Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era

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Tourism is one of the most contributing economic sectors globally and is especially important for developing economies, due to its contribution to GDP, creation of new jobs and its impact on economic development. The tourism sector has gained a lot of attention from academia and governments due to its strategic position in the economy. Its efficiency and performance are closely researched and analysed. One of the leading nonparametric methodologies that have been often used to evaluate relative efficiency of homogeneous entities is the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The main goal of this chapter is to identify, present and explore the applications of DEA in different aspects of Croatian and Serbian tourism. Other goals are to present and analyse the findings of the twelve surveyed papers and to highlight the benefits and limitations of the DEA methodology. Additionally, this research represents an incentive and an inspiration to other academic members and researchers to apply the DEA methodology in their future studies when analysing and investigating efficiency in the tourism sector, as well as any other economic sector.

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Measuring the Efficiency of Football Clubs Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Empirical Evidence From Spanish Professional Football

Cited by 16 publications

References 50 publications

Legend of leagues: heterogeneity in the revenue structure of European national leagues

Legend of leagues: heterogeneity in the revenue structure of European national leagues

Kick and rush or valuing strategic factors in the recovery of success and financial wealth of professional football clubs

Efficiency Evaluation in the Tourism Sector in Croatia and Serbia: Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis

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