Purpose

Many sport enterprises involve family members either as owners, employees or supporters, depending on the circumstances. Despite the embedded way families define and help to build sport enterprises, there is a lack of linkage in the academic literature between family business and sport entrepreneurship. The aim of this article is to understand the linkage in more detail by focusing on the way sport, family and entrepreneurship are embedded in society.

Design/methodology/approach

Due to the exploratory nature of the study, a qualitative approach was undertaken to understand the feelings and perceptions surrounding the process of sport entrepreneurship in family businesses.

Findings

The findings suggest that family businesses view the process of sport entrepreneurship as being context-dependent that relies on the interaction of family members for its success. This means that networking and co-creation are part of this process.

Research limitations/implications

As the role of families in sport enterprises becomes more acknowledged, it is important that research keeps up-to-date with this trend. Thus, the findings of this article will help more family businesses with their sport-related ventures.

Originality/value

This article is the first to explicitly examine the linkage between family entrepreneurship and sport entrepreneurship, thereby paving the way for more research to examine this interesting research area.

中文翻译：

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家族企业和体育创业

目的

许多体育企业视情况而定，家庭成员要么是所有者，要么是雇员，要么是支持者。尽管家族定义和帮助建立体育企业的方式嵌入其中，但在家族企业与体育创业之间的学术文献中缺乏联系。本文的目的是通过关注体育、家庭和企业家精神融入社会的方式，更详细地了解这种联系。

设计/方法/方法

由于研究的探索性，采用定性方法来了解围绕家族企业体育创业过程的感受和看法。

发现

研究结果表明，家族企业认为体育创业的过程是依赖于环境的，依赖于家庭成员的互动来取得成功。这意味着网络和共同创造是这个过程的一部分。

研究限制/影响

随着家族在体育企业中的作用得到越来越多的认可，研究紧跟这一趋势变得很重要。因此，本文的研究结果将帮助更多的家族企业开展与体育相关的事业。

原创性/价值

本文首次明确考察了家庭创业与体育创业之间的联系，从而为更多研究以检验这一有趣的研究领域铺平了道路。