Publications

SPLISS publications by category

De Bosscher, V., De Knop, P., van Bottenburg, M., Shibli, S. (2006). A conceptual framework for analysing Sports Policy Factors Leading to international sporting success. European Sport Management Quarterly, 6 (2), 185-215.

De Bosscher, V. (2018). A Mixed Methods Approach to Compare Elite Sport Policies of Nations. A Critical Reflection on the Use of Composit Indicators in the SPLISS Study. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. Special issue: Research Methodologies and Sports Scholarship, pp. 331-355.
De Bosscher, V., Shibli, S., van Bottenburg, M., De Knop,P., Truyens, J. (2010). Developing a methodology for comparing the elite sport systems and policies of nations: a mixed research methods approach. Journal of Sport Management, 24, 567-600.

Jens De Rycke & Veerle De Bosscher (2019) Mapping the potential societal impacts triggered by elite sport: a conceptual framework, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 11:3, 485-502.

Paris 2024: Evaluation of the elite sport expenditure and success of 17 nations
De Bosscher, V., Shibli, S., Smismans, S., Weber A. CH., Descheemaeker, K. et al. (2024). Owl Press. ISBN: 9789493409033 (66p.)

Tokyo 2020: Evaluation of the Elite Sport expenditures and success in 14 nations - Read more
De Bosscher, V., Shibli, S. et al. (2021) ISBN: 9789072325112. (50p)

Successful elite sport policies: an international comparison of the sport policy in 15 nations - Read more
De Bosscher, V., Shibli, S., Westerbeek, H., & van Bottenburg, M. (2015). Meyer & Meyer Verlag.

The global Sporting Arms Race. An international comparative study on sports policy factors leading to international sporting success. Read more
De Bosscher, V., Bingham, J., Shibli, S., van Bottenburg, M., De Knop, P. (2008). Meyer & Meyer. ISBN: 978-1-84126-228-4. (173p).

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