Marketing Analysis in Sport Business (PDF)

Kevin K. Byon is a Professor and the Doctoral Program Coordinator of the Sport Management Program in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), Bloomington, IN, USA. His primary research interest involves exploring psychological and environmental variables affecting sport consumer behaviors in an effort to advance theories and practices of sport marketing and sport tourism. To date, Dr. Byon has authored or co-authored 120 research manuscripts and has served as an editorial board member of seven scholarly journals including the International Journal of Sports Marketing, Sponsorship and Sport Marketing Quarterly. Dr. Byon was also the sport management section editor of the Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science journal from 2010 to 2016.

Brian H. Yim is an Associate Professor of Sport Administration in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration at Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA. His overarching research interest lies in customer relationship marketing with a particular focus on sport fan emotions in various contexts such as professional sport, global sport, fantasy sport, and esports. To date, he has authored or co-authored about 30 articles published in journals including European Sport Management Quarterly and the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship. Dr. Yim is the Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Applied Sport Sciences and serves as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship.

James J. Zhang is a Professor of Sport Management at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. His primary research interests are applied measurement and/or applied studies examining sport consumer and organizational behaviors. He has previously been Editor of the International Journal of Sport Marketing and Sponsorship, Sport Management Section Editor of the Measurement in