Dino Ruta Editor & Author

Richard Holt is Professor of History in the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He is the author of Sport and Society in Modern France (1981), Sport and the British: A modern history (1989) and Sport in Britain: 1945–2000 (2000, jointly with Tony Mason). He has co-edited several essay collections, most recently Sport and the Transformation of Europe (2011, jointly with Christopher Young and Alan Tomlinson) and has published extensively in a wide range of academic journals. He is a former Director of the International Master in Humanities, Management and Law of Sports programme at De Montfort University. Dino Ruta is Professor of Human Resources and Sport Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy. He is Scientific Director of the FIFA International Master in Humanities, Management and Law of Sports, and Director of the Sport Knowledge Center at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is also Director of the Master in Organization and Human Resources Management at Bocconi University. His research activities are focused on people strategy, leadership and sport management. He has been invited to present his research in Argentina, South Africa, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the USA. He also works with CEOs and leadership teams in aligning people and business strategy. He has published in leading academic journals such as Human Resource Management and the International Journal of Human Resource Management. He is the author of Leading Teams (2013, with P. Guenzi). James Panter is Research Officer at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He also co-ordinates the International MA in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport which is delivered in partnership with the Centre International d’Etude du Sport, SDA Bocconi School of Management and University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He has worked on a number of international sports research projects and has a wide knowledge of contemporary sport.