A stakeholder approach to football club governance
by Benoit Senaux
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM), Vol. 4, No. 1, 2008

Abstract: Despite being professional and managed by professional entrepreneurs, and frequently owned by successful ones, football clubs tend to present unsatisfactory financial performance. A possible explanation lies in their complex environment. It is indeed usually admitted that professional football clubs in Europe are utility maximisers, in contrast to US professional franchises which are usually organised to maximise their economic performance. Behind this concept of utility lies a complex set of goals, not always fully compatible, shared and defended by the various stakeholders of clubs.

Online publication date: Wed, 26-Mar-2008

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