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Stephen Morrow  
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Department of Sports Studies

University of Stirling

Stirling

FK9 4LA
Scotland

UK
telephone Tel: + 44 (0) 1786 466495
fax Fax: + 44 (0) 1786 466477
email Email: s.h.morrow@stir.ac.uk
web Web: www.sports.stir.ac.uk
About
Stephen is Head of The Department of Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. His academic background is in accountancy and finance and he was a lecturer in these subjects at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh from 1990 until 2000. Stephen is a Chartered Accountant (ICAS) and trained with the international firm of accountants, Ernst & Young.
Teaching
Stephen is the module co-ordinator on the MSc module Sports Finance (SPSP01) on the undergraduate module Readings in Sports Studies (SPS9R7). He also contributes to the following modules:
SPS917 Operational Management in Sport
SPS9D5 The Development of Excellence in Sport
SPS911 Introduction to Sports Studies I
SPS913 Issues and Concepts in Sports Studies
Research

Stephen's research concentrates on financial aspects in sport, particularly in the football industry. He is the author of The People's Game? Football, finance and society (Palgrave, 2003) and The Business of Football: Image Management in Narrative Communication (2005, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland). Ongoing research work includes projects on corporate social responsibility in sport and governance in Italian football. His knowledge transfer activities include leading workshops on Management Training for Football Managers as part of the SFA/UEFA Pro Licence.
Publications

Morrow, S. and Idle, C. (2008), ‘Understanding change in professional road cycling, European Sport Management Quarterly, 8(4), 315 – 335.
Hamil, S. and Morrow, S. (2008), ‘The People’s Game?’, Scottish Left Review, 47, 7-9.

Morrow, S. (2007), Preface to the Korean edition of The People’s Game? Football, finance and society, (Palgrave Macmillan/Ing-Gan-Sa-Rang Publishing: Seoul), 13-17.

Morrow, S. and Idle, C. (2007), ‘The challenges of modernising a professional sport: a case study of professional road cycling’, in D.Arthur and S.Chadwick (eds) International Cases in the Business of Sport (Elsevier Publishing), pp. 45-59.

Guzmán, I. and Morrow, S. (2007), ‘Measuring efficiency and productivity in professional football teams: Evidence from the English Premier League’, Central European Journal of Operations Research, 15(4), 309-328.

Morrow, S. (2006), 'Impression management in football club financial reporting', International Journal of Sports Finance, 1(2), 96-108.
Morrow, S. (2006), 'Scottish Football - it's a funny old business', Journal of Sports Economics, 7(1), 90-95.
Morrow, S. (2005), ‘Continuity and change – The planning and management of long distance walking routes in Scotland’, Managing Leisure – An International Journal, 10(4), 237-250.
Morrow, S. (2005), The Business of Football: Image Management in Narrative Communication (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland: Edinburgh)