Sports Digitalization: An Overview and a Research Agenda

Xiao Xiao; Jonas Hedman; Felix Ter Chian Tan; Chee-Wee Tan; Eric T. K. Lim; Torkil Clemmensen; Stefan Henningsson; Raghava Rao Mukkamala; Ravi Vatrapu; Jos van Hillegersberg

Sports Digitalization: An Overview and a Research Agenda

Xiao Xiao, Jonas Hedman, Felix Ter Chian Tan, Chee-Wee Tan, Eric T. K. Lim, Torkil Clemmensen, Stefan Henningsson, Raghava Rao Mukkamala, Ravi Vatrapu, Jos van Hillegersberg

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Abstract

Ever since its first manifesto in Greece around 3000 years ago, sports as a field has accumulated a long history with strong traditions while at the same time, gone through tremendous changes toward professionalization and commercialization. The current waves of digitalization have intensified its evolution, as digital technologies are increasingly entrenched in a wide range of sporting activities and for applications beyond mere performance enhancement. Despite such trends, research on sports digitalization in the IS discipline is surprisingly still nascent. This paper aims at establishing a discourse on sports digitalization within the discipline. Toward this, we first provide an understanding of the institutional characteristics of the sports industry, establishing its theoretical importance and relevance in our discipline; second, we reveal the latest trends of digitalization in the sports industry and unpack its implications for sports organizations; last, we propose an agenda for sports digitalization research in IS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICIS 2017 Proceedings
Number of pages	21
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2017
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	38th International Conference on Information Systems: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation, ICIS 2017: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation - Coex Convention Center , Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 10 Dec 2017 → 13 Dec 2017 Conference number: 38 https://icis2017.aisnet.org/

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Conference	38th International Conference on Information Systems: Transforming Society with Digital Innovation, ICIS 2017
Number	38
Location	Coex Convention Center
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	10/12/2017 → 13/12/2017
Internet address	https://icis2017.aisnet.org/

Series	Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems
ISSN	0000-0033

Keywords

Sport
Digitalization
E-sport
Sports digitalization
Research agenda

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Xiao, X., Hedman, J., Tan, F. T. C., Tan, C.-W., Lim, E. T. K., Clemmensen, T., Henningsson, S., Mukkamala, R. R., Vatrapu, R., & Hillegersberg, J. V. (2017). Sports Digitalization: An Overview and a Research Agenda. In ICIS 2017 Proceedings Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1358&context=icis2017

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Sports Digitalization: An Overview and a Research Agenda. / Xiao, Xiao ; Hedman, Jonas; Tan, Felix Ter Chian et al.
ICIS 2017 Proceedings. Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2017. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems).

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