Managing the Olympics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Olympic Games: Managerial and Strategic Dimensions

   • Stephen Frawley, Daryl Adair

   Pages 1-14

3. Olympic Games Stakeholder Governance and Management

   • Milena M. Parent

   Pages 15-32

4. Information, Knowledge and the Organization of the Olympic Games

   • Sue Halbwirth, Kristine Toohey

   Pages 33-49

5. Managing Legacy

   • Richard Cashman, John Horne

   Pages 50-65

6. Managing Sport Participation Legacy at the Olympic Games

   • Stephen Frawley, Kristine Toohey, A. J. Veal

   Pages 66-83

7. Managing Sport at the Olympic Games

   • Stephen Frawley, Kristine Toohey, Tracy Taylor, Dwight Zakus

   Pages 84-98

8. Managing Olympic Venues

   • Simon Darcy, Tracy Taylor

   Pages 99-126

9. Managing Transport during the Olympic Games

   • Eva Kassens-Noor

   Pages 127-146

10. Broadcasting the Olympics

    • Harry-Arne Solberg, Chris Gratton

    Pages 147-164

11. Investigating Olympic Sponsorship: A Contemporary Review of Selected Activation and Achievement

    • Rick Burton

    Pages 165-181

12. Olympic Ceremonial, Protocol and Symbolism

    • Daryl Adair

    Pages 182-205

13. Managing the Games: Prospects for the Future

    • Daryl Adair, Stephen Frawley

    Pages 206-210

14. Back Matter

    Pages 211-218

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The Olympic Games are the world's most complex and challenging sport mega-event to organize. Managing the Olympics is the first ever attempt to bring together the world's leading Olympic management researchers in one book and draws on the latest research into the management challenges faced by the organizers and key stakeholders of the Games.

• management
• Manager
• organization
• organizations
• stakeholder

• University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

  Stephen Frawley, Daryl Adair

Rick Burton, Syracuse University, USA Richard Cashman, University of Technology, Australia Simon Darcy, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Chris Gratton, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Sue Halbwirth, University of Technology Sydney, Australia John Horne, University of Central Lancashire, UK Eva Kassens-Noor, Michigan State University, USA Milena Parent, University of Ottawa, Canada Tracy Taylor, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Kristine Toohey, Griffith University, Australia. Harry-Arne Solberg, Trondheim Business School, Norway Tony Veal, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Dwight Zakus, Griffith University, Australia

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