SPORTS BUSINESS

Vlad I. Roșca, PhD in Sports Marketing (2014) with a thesis on Customer Relationship Management and Branding in Football, and Executive MBA (Romanian-Canadian MBA, class of 2021), is a teaching assistant the Faculty of Business Administration, in foreign languages (FABIZ), where he delivers lectures on Digital Business, Communication and Media, and Customer Relationship Management, in German and English. Apart from the academic career, Vlad has worked as fellow magazine editor and columnist at “Sport Magazin” (2008-2010), a leading weekly sports magazine in Romania, then at “Economistul” (2011-2016) and “The Market for Ideas” (2017-currently), where he continued to publish articles on the business of sports in the economic press. Passionate follower of all that can be played with a round or an oval ball and occasional groundhopper having attended football or rugby matches at more than 200 stadiums worldwide. Published 40+ articles on the business of sports, his research areas including sports marketing, sports management, sports economics, and sports branding.

Antonio Giangreco, PhD, was born in Lecce (in the Southern part of Italy) and he spent much of his first 18 years playing football. Then, he obtained a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Mercy College (USA), an MBA from SDA Bocconi, an M.Sc. from the University of Trento and a Ph.D. from LSE London School of Economics (UK). After working for seven years at LIUC Carlo Cattaneo University, he has been at IESEG School of Management of the Catholic University of Lille (France) since 2006, where he became Full Professor in HRM and Change Management and Associate Dean for International Relations. His main areas of research include employee wellbeing, and change management. However, his preferred area of research is the relationship between performance and salary in the football industry. He has published scientific articles in International journals including the British Journal of Industrial Relations, European Journal of Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Production Planning & Control, The International Journal of HRM, Personnel Review, and European Management Journal. Despite the difficult times for Italian football, he is passionate about football in all its forms and categories. During pauses, he plays padel (the racket sport).