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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Sport and Leisure This innovative textbook explains how sport and leisure organisations can become more entrepreneurial in order to achieve sustainable growth. It introduces key tools, techniques, and approaches that can help sport and leisure organisations put entrepreneurship at the centre of their culture. Drawing on cutting-edge research, innovation discourses, and perspectives from multiple disciplines, the book introduces fundamental concepts in entrepreneurship, innovation, and enterprise, such as digitalisation, research and development (R&D), diversification, extendibility, and sustainability. It highlights future innovation challenges, provides innovative solutions, and introduces a new diagnostic tool for managing entrepreneurship and innovation. The book presents insights on everyday management challenges from experienced industry practitioners and considers the importance of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship at a time of austerity, recession, and increasing uncertainty. Full of real-world cases and scenarios, as well as useful features to encourage critical reflection, this book is essential reading for any course on entrepreneurship taken as part of a degree course in sport management leisure, sports studies, recreation, event studies, entertainment management or tourism. It is also fascinating reading for practitioners looking to improve their professional skills. Simon Mosey is the Director of the Haydn Green Institute (HGI) for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK. Richard Shipway is an associate professor in sport event management, Department of Sport and Event Management, Bournemouth University Business School, Bournemouth University, UK. Chris Symons is a leading sport and leisure executive with over 30 years‘ experience in leading leisure organisations and building engaging experiences. Chris is based in Bournemouth, UK. Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Sport and Leisure Simon Mosey, Richard Shipway, and Chris Symons Cover image: Technogym UK First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 Simon Mosey, Richard Shipway, and Chris Symons The right of Simon Mosey, Richard Shipway, and Chris Symons to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Mosey, Simon, author. | Shipway, Richard, author. | Symons, Chris, author. Title: Entrepreneurship and innovation in sport and leisure / Simon Mosey, Richard Shipway, and Chris Symons. Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022025958 | ISBN 9781032107783 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032018836 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003217015 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Sports administration. | Entrepreneurship. | Sports‐‐Technological innovations. | Leisure‐‐Economic aspects. Classification: LCC GV713 .M67 2023 | DDC 796.06/9‐‐dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022025958 ISBN: 978-1-032-10778-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-01883-6 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-21701-5 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003217015 Typeset in Palatino by MPS Limited, Dehradun Simon would like to thank Mum and Dad for showing me how to have a healthy balance between wellbeing and competitiveness and Suzie, Charlotte, and Alex for showing me there is much more to life than work. Richard would like to thank Sophie and Dad for highlighting the importance of prioritising our sport and leisure activities including playing football, occasionally running, holidays, hanging out at the beach, swimming, and going for bike rides. Health is wealth. Chris would like to thank my two old academic friends from university for involving me in this book. Thanks, as ever to my wife Kristina, the only real author in our household. In different circumstances, this book would probably have four authors, if Dave was still with us. His kindness, generosity, and unique sense of humour are fondly remembered. CONTENTS Figures x Tables xi Case Studies xii Preface xiii Acknowledgements xiv Chapter 1 Building an Entrepreneurial Sport or Leisure Organisation 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Meaning and importance of entrepreneurial practices for sport and leisure 6 1.3 Understanding innovation 11 1.4 Innovation: Meaning, importance, and definitions for sport and leisure 11 1.5 Harmonising entrepreneurship and innovation for sport and leisure 19 1.6 Why does innovation occur? 20 1.7 Understanding organisational change 21 1.8 Determining innovation challenges in sport and leisure industries 22 1.9 Conclusion 24 Chapter 2 Entrepreneurial Strategy for Sport and Leisure 27 2.1 Introduction: Positioning your sport and leisure organisation 27 2.2 The entrepreneurial view of strategy for the sport and leisure sectors 28 2.3 Entrepreneurial versus administrative approaches to strategy: The sport and leisure continuum of entrepreneurial management 29 2.4 What are the core competencies of a sport or leisure organisation? 30 2.5 What a core competence is not 31 2.6 Extending core competencies through dynamic capabilities 32 2.7 Doing it differently for sport and leisure: Consider a Blue Ocean Strategy 33 2.8 Competing in a Red Ocean and developing a Blue Ocean Strategy 33 2.9 Paradigm shifts for sport and leisure: Doing without and doing differently 34 2.10 Conclusion: Entrepreneurial strategy in practice 40 2.11 Example case responses 42 vii viii Contents Chapter 3 Sport and Leisure Entrepreneurial Strategy in Practice 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 An overview of interviewees/participants 45 3.3 The need for entrepreneurial strategy 46 3.4 Insight from the experts: Strategy in practice for sport and leisure 47 3.5 Conclusion 59 Chapter 4 Entrepreneurial Culture and Leadership in Sport and Leisure 61 4.1 Introduction: Culture and leadership considerations for sport and leisure (SL) 61 4.2 Organisational structure for entrepreneurship in sport and leisure 64 4.3 Rules, regulations, policies, and inappropriate bureaucracy 65 4.4 People: Recruitment and motivation for entrepreneurship in sport and leisure 68 4.5 Entrepreneurial leadership: Empowering people to identify and solve problems 71 4.6 Sport and leisure experiences and leadership for value creation 75 4.7 Conclusion: Diagnosis of an entrepreneurial culture in sport and leisure 78 Chapter 5 Entrepreneurial Culture: In Practice 81 5.1 Introduction 81 5.2 Insights from the experts: The importance of entrepreneurial culture in practice 81 5.3 Conclusion 91 Chapter 6 Interaction with External Stakeholders and the Importance of Sport and Leisure ‘Communities’ 93 6.1 Introduction 93 6.2 Building communities: The importance of the sport and leisure sectors and stakeholder engagement 99 6.3 A network approach to innovation: Moving towards the fifth generation for sport and leisure 102 6.4 Combining and recombining to find new value for sport and leisure 106 6.5 How to open up innovation for sport and leisure organisations 107 6.6 Looking to the extremes 109 6.7 Conclusion 113 Contents ix Chapter 7 Sport and Leisure Ecosystems 122 7.1 Introduction 122 7.2 Entrepreneurial ecosystems for sport and leisure 122 7.3 Innovation in sport and leisure isn’t binary: It’s ecosystems 127 7.4 The future of sport and leisure ecosystems 135 7.5 Conclusion 146 Chapter 8 The Future for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Sport and Leisure 149 8.1 Introduction 149 8.2 Future innovation challenges – Understanding How and Where to innovate for the health and fitness market 149 8.3 Future innovation challenges: Taking a step back in order to spring forward: Future star gazing for sport and leisure 151 8.4 Innovation challenge discussion points 154 8.5 Diagnosing an entrepreneurial change programme for sport and leisure organisations 154 8.6 Examples of entrepreneurial change programmes 156 8.7 Conclusion 163 Index 165

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