Call for Papers from Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal

Call for Papers from Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal 

Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal (SBM) invites interested researchers to submit their work to the journal. 

SBM promotes the development of a coherent, high-quality body of work that examines both the business and management of sport, as well as the actors and stakeholders that align with sport to further their strategic objectives.

Topics of interest

The coverage of SBM is fundamentally sport, business and management, with a broad range of related fields and topics falling under this area, including:

• Accounting and finance; economics; marketing; human resources; IT; law; supply chain management and international business;
• Corporate social responsibility and ethics; entrepreneurship and governance; organizational behavior in the sport industry;
• Professional sport; global sport; elite sport; amateur sport; grassroots sport; and e-sport;
• Fans, spectators and customers; athletes and coaches; clubs and teams;
• Leagues and competitions; events and tournaments; stadiums and venues;
• Commercial and non-commercial partners; governing bodies and representative associations; intermediaries and athlete representatives;
• Suppliers, retailers and other outlets for sport;
• Traditional and new media outlets and distribution platforms;
• Places and spaces; local economic, social and other relevant sporting projects/initiatives;
• Sociology, psychology, gender studies and contemporary topics related to the business of sport.

Submissions should utilize sporting examples and concepts to illustrate business and/or management theory; use suitable theories and concepts to investigate sport; and address business and managerial problems and issues in a sporting context.

Submission details 

Submissions are made using ScholarOne peer-review online platform. Registration and access are available by clicking the button below:

Submit your paper here!

Author guidelines must be strictly followed.

Author guidelines.

Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.

If you have any queries or would like to propose a topic for a future special issue of the Journal, please get in contact with the Publisher, Aggie Topolska [email protected].