Foreign direct investment in sport: The case of Moroccan football clubs

Les investissements directs étrangers dans le sport: Le cas des clubs marocains de football

Rachidi Yasser El Mekki and Rharib Abderrahim
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Rachidi Yasser El Mekki: ENCG, Hassan II University, Casablanca 20000, Morocco
Rharib Abderrahim: ENCG, Hassan II University, Casablanca 20000, Morocco

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Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in football clubs has grown significantly in recent years. However, Moroccan clubs seem to be excluded from this dynamic. Hence the need to identify barriers to foreign capital entry and to propose strategic recommendations to make football clubs more attractive and accessible to foreign investors. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five national experts. The thematic analysis of this exploratory qualitative study highlighted five key factors: (historical, legal-legislative, management, economic-commercial and socio-political). The results affirmthat the attractiveness of CMF to foreign investors depends on a profound and multidimensional transformation of the Moroccan football landscape. Keywords: Foreign direct investment (FDI), football clubs, Moroccan football clubs (MFC), foreign capital, foreign investors.

Keywords: football clubs; Moroccan football clubs (MFC); foreign capital; foreign investors; African Scientific Journal; investissements directs étrangers (IDE); clubs de football; clubs marocains de football(CMF); capitaux étrangers; investisseurs étrangers.; investissements directs étrangers (IDE) clubs de football clubs marocains de football(CMF) capitaux étrangers investisseurs étrangers Foreign direct investment (FDI) football clubs Moroccan football clubs (MFC) foreign capital foreign investors; capitaux étrangers; investisseurs étrangers Foreign direct investment (FDI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Published in African Scientific Journal, 2024, ⟨10.5281/zenodo.12734959⟩

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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12734959

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