Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie · 2004 · 12 citations · 11 references
Social SciencesBusiness EconomicsEconomicsEconomic GeographyMicroeconomicsRegional EconomicsEconomic RestructuringIndustrial LocationLocation StrategyLocation-allocation AnalysisLocation-allocation ModelsMarket AllocationCompetitive Location ModelsFirm Location EquilibriumFirm Location PatternsFirm Location TheoryFirms' Location ChoiceLocation EffectsMaximal Covering Location ModelMaximal Covering Location Problem
ABSTRACT In the 1990s, and even more since the Bosman Case, professional football in Europe has been transformed from a utility maximisation to a more endogenous growth‐based profit maximisation consumer‐oriented service. In the post‐Bosman period Belgian football has declined in the European rankings and has in a more economic‐oriented climate problems in surviving. The recent transformation implies that in the long run the economic features and more specific the location of the club is becoming a very important factor. The existing heterogeneous characteristics of the different clubs made it necessary to introduce an empirically‐based modified maximum covering location model. The empirical results prove that a restructuring of Belgian professional football to 14 clubs and in some cases a relocation or merger might be a solution for the contemporary problems.
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