Sport Consumer Behaviour (ePub)

Daniel C Funk is Professor and Ed Rosen Senior Research Fellow for the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management and the Fox School of Business at Temple University, Philadelphia. He also serves as chairperson for the Department of Sport and Recreation Management. Dr. Funk's research examines sport consumer experiences to help organizations understand customer acquisition, retention, and expenditure. He consults with various industry partners to determine the economic impact, earned media value, and customer satisfaction of sport events. Dr. Funk has been recognized as a Research Fellow for the Sport Marketing Association, the North American Society for Sport Management, and the National Academy of Kinesiology.

Kostas Alexandris is Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece, and a visiting faculty member at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and the Russian International Olympic University. He is the Director of the "Sport, Tourism and Recreation Management" Lab and the Post-Graduate Program "Sport, Recreation and Sport Tourism Management", both within AUTH. He has published on topics related to sport, leisure and tourism consumer behaviour, and marketing. Alexandris is an Associate Editor of Managing Sport and Leisure and Regional Editor of Leisure Studies and serves in the editorial boards of a number of leading journals.