Stephen A. King and Roger Davis Gatchet examine how Mississippi confronts its history of racial violence and injustice through civil rights tourism. Mississippi's civil rights memorials include a vast constellation of sites and experiences-from the humble Fannie Lou Hamer Museum in Ruleville to the expansive Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in ......
Front office executives have become high-profile commentators, movie and video game protagonists, and role models for a generation raised in the data-driven, financialized world of contemporary sports. Branden Buehler examines the media transformation of these once obscure management figures into esteemed experts and sporting idols. Moving from ......
Managing a servitization strategy is a tough managerial challenge due to the delicate and high business implications. What do you need to know to achieve the outcomes the company wants? A reliable, practical, and effective instrument and a relevant dynamic managerial capability for motivation and adoption decision. This is the value proposition of ......
We have a problem in healthcare. That problem is this: in today's healthcare environment, especially in the United States, people take a back seat to the numbers in almost every aspect of healthcare service delivery. Productivity, utilization, and other business metrics rule the roost. If it's not calculatable, spreadsheet-able, or measurable, ......
For those fascinated by business dealings in the trillion-dollar global sport industry, this is the anthology you've been waiting for. The Sport Business Handbook: Insights From 100+ Leaders Who Shaped 50 Years of the Industry provides insider perspectives from more than 100 of the biggest names in the sport industry. Plentiful examples and ......
Athletic Director's Desk Reference, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, is the most comprehensive resource available for collegiate and high school athletic administrators. Expert leadership advice and practical tools guide administrators in successfully navigating increasingly complex roles in athletic programs of any size. With more than 75 ......
This book guides the reader from the building blocks of revenue management, to pricing science and merchandising, and to broader issues of setting objectives in support of a revenue strategy. The discipline is evolving, and that evolution has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Leaders in hotel revenue management, and more broadly in ......
In a quickly growing and evolving society, organizations at all levels face ongoing challenges and complexities that require specific leadership skills. Contemporary Leadership in Sport Organizations, Second Edition With HKPropel Access, brings together research on leadership-both within and outside of sport settings-to provide comprehensive ......
