Biosketch
Harald Dolles is Professor in Sport Management at Molde University College (HiMolde). He was awarded Dr. rer. pol. in International Business/ Strategic Management from the University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany). He received the venia legendi for Management/ International Business at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), where he was teaching until 2018. During his career he was Assistant Professor at Bayreuth University (Germany, 1996-2001), lecturing on Personnel Management in the diploma programme in “Sportökonomie”. From 2001 to 2006 he was assigned by the German Ministry of Education and Science to serve in official mission as expert on Japan and China at the economic section of the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo. During this time he also taught on International Business and International Human Resource Management as Visiting Professor at Chuo University (Tokyo, Japan) and at the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg). He is also affiliated with the Institute for Tourism Research at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden).
Harald is member of the Advisory Committee to the Board of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA), the Scientific Committee of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM) and acts as Past Chair of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) strategic interest group (SIG) on ‘Managing Sport’, a network of academics, practitioners, athletes and sport officials whose interests revolve around aspects of internationalisation, professionalization and commercialisation of sports in theory and in practice.
Harald frequently contributes to scientific development in the fields of sports management, international human resources management, international business and Asian studies. He serves as European Editor for Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal and is active as reviewer to several other journals within his areas of research. Together with Reidar Mykletun he is currently editing the Handbook of Research on Managing Events, to be published with Edward Elgar in 2019. For a list of publications see his profiles on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7wb4YqkAAAAJ&hl=de) and Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harald_Dolles).
Research
Harald’s research interests on “Managing Sport” are:
- Sport as International Business (the international dimension of sports; sports industry and its markets; sport management and regional impact studies; market entry strategies; value creation in sport; innovation in sport)
- International Human Resources Management (talent management, expatriation)
- Sport Marketing and Sponsorship (exploring and determining sponsorship value, sponsorship strategies, branding)
- Events and Facilities (economic, social-cultural and environmental impact studies; funding and sponsorship; arena development; international dimension of managing events)
- Advanced Research Methods in Sport
Streams of research within “International Business”:
- International Business and Strategy (dynamics of international competition; market entry strategies; collaborative strategies; competitive strategies of small and medium-sized firms (hidden champions); foreign subsidiary management; Asian markets, with a focus on Japan and China)
- International Human Resources Management (talent management, expatriation)
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation (cross-cultural comparisons; innovation management; patterns of leadership and motivation)
- Methods of Cross-Cultural Social Research
Research Project: “Enhancing the attractiveness of Swedish sport events: A study of participation events and highly involved international sports tourists” (2016-2018)
Together with Tommy Andersson, John Armbrecht, Erik Lundberg (all Centre for Tourism at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Donald Getz (Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada) Harald collaborates on this project funded by the R&D Fund of the Swedish Tourism and Hospitality Industry [BFUF] and the event organizing bodies of Vasaloppet, Vätternrundan, Vansbrosimningen, Lidingöloppet, Engelbrektsloppet and Göteborgs Varvet. The project is focussed on exploring the increasing number of international tourists travel long distances to participate in sports events, so called highly engaged sports participants. The Swedish well known sports participation events collaborating in this project attract year by year many participants, local and from overseas, however the (international) competition is increasing. With more and more events to choose from – how it can be guaranteed that those international highly engaged sports tourists choose to come to Sweden? Having a good reputation as a host country might be not good enough in the future. A better understanding of the way how those highly involved and active sports tourists think and make their choices of participation is needed. With that knowledge in mind, event organizers are able to develop strategies to raise their profile on the international market.
For more information see: http://bfuf.se/projekt/oka-intresset-for-svenska-idrottsevenemang-en-studie-av-internationella-sportturister/
Teaching
Harald teaches among others on:
- International business of sports
- Event management
- Sport and event marketing
- International human resources management
- Strategic management / international management
- Philosophy of science and research methods