“...In this chapter the authors test the ‘hot hand’ hypothesis in European football and analyze returns to simple betting rules relating to team momentum effects...”

“...In North America and Europe, the dominant mode of horse race betting is pari-mutuel where the operator takes a fixed commission and winners share a pool of...”

“...This paper uses data from the National Hockey League (NHL) to consider the potential gains to firms from employing culturally diverse work teams. It finds that...”

“...The Calciopoli episode affecting Italian football in the 2005–6 season serves as an opportunity for an empirical investigation into consumer (fan) behavior,...”

“...Developing an effective conservation strategy for a critically endangered species relies on identifying the most pressing threats to the species. One approach...”

“...We show that the proof-theoretic notion of logical preorder coincides with the process-theoretic notion of barbed preorder for a CCS-like process calculus...”

“...In this paper we use a novel panel data set from the German premier soccer league (Bundesliga) as a case to show how variations in managerial compensation...”

“...Using a database of the movements of more than 2,000 professional footballers in the top two divisions of the English Football League between 1969 and 1995,...”

“...The allocation of time between leisure activities and work has been extensively analysed in academic literature. However, leisure time is limited and there may...”