Sport entrepreneurship and value co-creation in times of crisis: The covid-19 pandemic

Ratten, Vanessa; Braga, Vítor; Marques, Carla Susana

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.05.001

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“…Therefore, our results contribute to the literature by encouraging more focus on the sport context in diaspora research and leads to the second research proposition:Research Proposition There is a positive relationship between sport entrepreneurs utilizing different diaspora types (psychological, network, and financial) and sport entrepreneurship.International entrepreneurship has flourished in the past decade due to more companies incorporating an international orientation to their entrepreneurial activities (De Cock, Andries, & Clarysse, 2021). Recently with the COVID‐19 crisis, sport entities that act in international markets have had to be entrepreneurial to cope with market changes (Ratten et al, 2021). We believe our qualitative study initiates some steps in understanding how crises affect sport‐based international entrepreneurship.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…International entrepreneurship has flourished in the past decade due to more companies incorporating an international orientation to their entrepreneurial activities (De Cock, Andries, & Clarysse, 2021). Recently with the COVID-19 crisis, sport entities that act in international markets have had to be entrepreneurial to cope with market changes (Ratten et al, 2021). We believe our qualitative study initiates some steps in understanding how crises affect sport-based international entrepreneurship.…”

Section: Sport Entrepreneurship Outcomes With Illustrative Examplesmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The participants in this study were from a number of different countries, which means there may be some restrictions on generalizability. In addition, there may be specific cultural traits of sport people that differ to individuals from other industry contexts (Ratten et al, 2021). Therefore, it would be useful in the future to include different data from other geographical contexts and researchers could include comparative studies to understand in more detail cultural effects.…”

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“…Over the past decade, the literature on sport‐based entrepreneurship theory has continued to growth with Hemme, Morais, Bowers, and Todd (2017) utilizing it to study fitness entrepreneurs. More recently, a number of studies have been premised on sport‐based entrepreneurship theory in order to understand the COVID‐19 pandemic (e.g., Escamilla‐Fajardo, Núñez‐Pomar, & González‐Serrano, 2020; Hammerschmidt, Durst, Kraus, & Puumalainen, 2021; Ratten, 2020; Ratten et al, 2021). Deuece, Peris‐Ortiz, and Rueda‐Armengot (2016) suggested that more entrepreneurial organizations perform better following a crisis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sport entrepreneurship has a multidisciplinary character that enables the advancement of two contemporary topics: sport and entrepreneurship (Ratten, da Silva Braga, & da Encarnação Marques, 2021). However, within the wider entrepreneurship literature, sport entrepreneurship has received limited consideration despite the sport industry being highly innovative and international (Ratten, 2018).…”

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The role of the diaspora in international sport entrepreneurship

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2022

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Sport is one of the most international industries in the world and relies on entrepreneurship to ensure its competitiveness. Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, the sport industry had to rapidly change and adjust to international border closures and reduced physical contact activity. Many people involved in the sport industry are located outside of their home country and form part of the diaspora network of sport professionals. The diaspora is highly active in the sport industry in terms of disseminating ideas and utilizing their social networks for international entrepreneurial purposes. The aim of this article is to examine the impact of the diaspora on international sport entrepreneurship thereby contributing a novel approach to the international entrepreneurship, sport entrepreneurship and diaspora entrepreneurship fields in a way that has not been contemplated before. A qualitative research methodology is employed to interview sport entrepreneurs about their diaspora and international entrepreneurship activities. This enables a holistic understanding about the role of international public/private partnerships for the success of innovative and futuristic entrepreneurial sport activity. A theoretical framework based on the interview data was developed that incorporated a three‐level process of international drivers, diaspora types and sport entrepreneurship outcomes. A number of research propositions were then derived from the data that highlight how the sport industry is highly international and relies on internationalization to foster new business activity. Policy and managerial implications about the role of diaspora for international sport entrepreneurship are highlighted together with future research suggestions.

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