Title: The need and corporate reputation in publicly traded sports corporations: examination of Beşiktaş Sports Inc.

Authors: Muammer Sarıkaya; Sinan Yılmaz; Fatih Temizel

Addresses: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Social Work, Yalova University, Safran Campus, 77100 Yalova, Turkey. ' Anadolu University Social Sciences Institute, Anadolu University, Yunus Emre Campus, 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey. ' Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Anadolu University, Yunus Emre Campus, 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey

Abstract: Recent developments in the business environment have brought stakeholder concept to the forefront of a business's competitive ability. Corporate reputation, which is a concept that is closely related to stakeholder management, refers to the general regard which the business is held in by stakeholders and is a strategic asset that contributes business' competitive advantage. Both of these concepts are also important for sports businesses. Sports corporations are posited as corporations that belong to professional sports clubs. In this study, we review the concepts of stakeholder, corporate reputation and stakeholder management and their roles in a business's success. We proceed to introduce the publicly traded sportive corporations that are related to the four biggest professional football clubs in Turkey and are traded in the Istanbul Securities Exchange. We propose corporate reputation and stakeholder management as techniques to be used to control the volatility of sportive corporations' market value.

Keywords: stakeholder management; corporate reputation; sports corporations; professional football clubs; stakeholder approach; soccer clubs; Turkey; market value; sports firms.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEA.2012.045520

International Journal of Economics and Accounting, 2012 Vol.3 No.1, pp.4 - 31

Published online: 06 Aug 2014 *

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