Nom
GERKE
Prénom
Anna
Nom
GERKE
Prénom
Anna
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TitreAssociate Professor
- Representative for faculty of the evaluation committee
- Membre du Conseil d'administration
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Department
Département
Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation
Teaching areas
Domaine d’enseignement
Interorganisational relationships and behavior
Cluster theory
Sport industry
Innovation strategy
Sport organisations and managers
Innovation strategies in sport
Strategic management
Marketing strategy
Research areas
Domaine de recherche
Interorganisational relationship and behavior
Cluster theory
Sport industry
Innovation strategy
Sport organisations and managers
Innovation strategies in sport
Strategic management
Marketing strategy
Service innovation
Business Strategy and International Management
Circular economy
Skills
Strategy
Organizational Behavior
Sport
Corporate Social Responsibility
Biography
Biographie
Anna Gerke (Ph.D., Université Paris-Saclay, FR) is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation at Audencia Business School and has been visiting La Trobe University, University of Auckland, and University of Bayreuth. Her research interests are in organizational theory, networks, innovation, value co-creation, circular economy, carbon literacy, and the sport industry. She has published in leading sport management and general business journals. She is currently track chair for Esport, Innovation and Technology at EASM and was Chair of the Managing Sport SIG at EURAM. Anna sits on the editorial board of three sport management journals, and is deputy editor of Sport, Business, and Management: An International Journal. She is member of the scientific committee of the Observatory for Sport Economy and is member of the Think Tank Sport and Citizenship.
Diplomas
Doctorate, Business administration, Strategy
Université Paris XI, Paris
(2014)
Master of International Business
University of Auckland, Auckland
(2010)
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Université de Stuttgart, Stuttgart
(2007)
Experiences
Academic director - Specialized Master Management of Sports Organisations
Audencia Business School
2015 - 2018
Research Assistant for Prof. W. Dunn and Dr. T. Bohné, Department MIB, UABS
UABS, Auckland
2011 - 2011
Contract Researcher
UABS, Auckland
2011 - 2011
Lecturer in Master Programmes in Sports Management
Université Paris XI, Paris
2010 - 2014
Lecturer in Management and International Business
UABS, Auckland
2010 - 2011
Research Assistant for Dr. S. Ang, département MIB
UABS, Auckland
2010 - 2010
Project Manager/Consultant for the department Tender and Alliance Management in International Markets
DB Stadtverkehr GmbH, Francfort
2007 - 2009
Other experiences
Representative for faculty of the evaluation committee
Audencia Business School, Nantes
Since 2023
Membre du Conseil d'administration
Sport and Citizenship
Since 2016
Visiting out
2021 - 2021
University of Bayreuth, Germany : Guest lecturer
2020 - 2020
University of Auckland, New Zealand : Visiting
2019 - 2020
La Trobe University, : Honorary Adjunct Professor
2012 - 2012
School of Management ISC, : Guest lecturer
Publications
Published
GERKE A., HAAS A., WAESCHE H., (2026). Playing as a team or solo? Determinants for innovativeness of incubated sport business startups.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 16 (1), 122-142
GERKE A., DALLA PRIA Y., (2025). The role of social capital in territorial development: the case of a French post-industrial region.
Regional Studies, 59 (01), 1-14
GERKE A., DICKSON G., (2025). Theoretical foundations for service innovation research in sport management – insights from nonprofit sport organisations.
European Sport Management Quarterly, 25 (5), 858-881
EVANS A. B., GERKE A., (2025). Copenhagen consensus statements on workplace health enhancing physical activity programmes.
European Journal for Sport and Society, 22 (2), 93-103
GERKE A., LE DEAN R., BAWACK R., (2025). Consumer adoption of artificially intelligence-supported devices for sports services: an empirical validation.
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 26 (4), 694-712
GERKE A., FEHRER J., BENSON-REA M., MCCULLOUGH B., (2024). A Typology of Circular Sport Business Models: Enabling Sustainable Value Co-Creation in the Sport Industry.
Journal of Sport Management, 38, 225-239
GERKE A., DICKSON G., WASCHE H., (2023). Network Structure and Governance in Sport Clusters: A Mixed Methods Analysis.
European Sport Management Quarterly, 23 (4), 1269-1289
BREITBARTH T., MCCULLOUGH B., COLLINS A., GERKE A., HEROLD D., (2023). Environmental Matters in Sport: Sustainable Research in the Academy.
European Sport Management Quarterly, 23 (1), 5-12
GERKE A., BEHNAM M., DICKSON G., DELSHAB V., NIKOU P. S., (2023). The Moderating Effect of Fan Engagement on the Relationship between Fan Knowledge and Fan Co-Creation in Social Media.
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 24 (4), 606-622
GERKE A., BENSON-REA M., ODLIN D., (2023). SME upgrading in emerging market clusters: The case of Taiwan’s bicycle industry.
Journal of Business Research, 164 (113967), 1-13
GERKE A., DICKSON G., WOHLGEMUTH V., (2022). Strategic Processes in Australian Golf Clubs: A Dynamic Capabilities View.
European Sport Management Quarterly, 22 (6), 727-746
KORONIOS K., NTASIOS L., DMITROPOULOS P., GERKE A., (2022). Unlocking the Black Box of Sponsorship in Participant-Based Sport.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12 (5), 598-617
GERKE A., (2022). The business of now: the future starts here – best papers from the Managing Sport SIG at the EURAM Online Conference in 2020.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12 (1), 1-3
GERKE A., (2022). Guest editorial: SBM Special Issue EURAM 2021 Conference – reshaping capitalism for a sustainable world – best papers from the Managing Sport SIG.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12 (5), 557-559
GERKE A., LUZZINI D., MENA C., (2021). Innovation Configurations in Sport Clusters: The role of Interorganizational Citizenship and Social Capital.
Journal of Business Research, 133 (September 2021), 409-419
GERKE A., WORATSCHEK Herbert, DICKSON Geoff, (2020). The sport cluster concept as middle-range theory for the sport value framework.
Sport Management Review, 23 (2), 200-214
GERKE A., WORATSCHEK H., DICKSON G., (2020). How is value co-created in a sport business-to-business context?.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 10 (4), 403-430
GERKE A., EGILSSON B., (2020). Exploring the future of management – Best papers from the Managing Sport SIG at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Meeting in Lisbon 2019.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 10 (5), 521-522
GERKE A., WINAND M., (2020). Research in Action – Accelerating knowledge creation in management – Best papers from the Managing Sport SIG at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Meeting in Reykjavık 2018.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 10 (1), 1-2
GERKE Anna, BABIAK Kathy, DICKSON Geoff, DESBORDES Michel, (2018). Developmental processes and motivations for linkages in cross-sectoral sport clusters.
Sport Management Review, 21 (2), 133-146
GERKE Anna, DALLA PRIA Yan, (2018). Cluster Concept: Lessons for the Sport Sector? Towards a Two-Step Model of Sport Cluster Development Based on Socioeconomic Proximity.
Journal of Sport Management, 32 (3)
GERKE A., WINAND Mathieu, (2018). Making knowledge work – best papers from the Managing Sport SIG at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Meeting in Glasgow 2017.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 8 (5), 434-435
GERKE Anna, DICKSON Geoff, DESBORDES Michel, GATES Stephen, (2017). The role of interorganizational citizenship behaviors in the innovation process.
Journal of Business Research, 73, 55-64
GERKE Anna, (2017). Sport Management in Australia. An Organisational Overview (Book review).
Sport Management Review, 20 (5), 537-538
GERKE A., DOLLES H., (2017). Manageable cooperation – insights from sports management: best papers from the “Managing Sport” tracks at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Meeting in Paris 2016.
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 7 (5), 462-463
GERKE Anna, (2016). Towards a network model of innovation in sport – the case of product innovation in nautical sport clusters.
Innovation-Management Policy and Practice, 18 (3), 270-288
GERKE Anna, DESBORDES Michel, DICKSON Geoff, (2015). Towards a sport cluster model: the Ocean Racing Cluster in Brittany.
European Sport Management Quarterly, 15 (3), 343-363
GERKE A., CHANAVAT Nicolas, BENSON-REA Maureen, (2013). How can Country-of-Origin image be leveraged to create global sporting goods brands?.
Sport Management Review, 17, 174-189
GERKE A., (2012). Growing new MNEs in New Zealand: the FSA/CSA framework revisited.
Multinational Business Review, 20 (2), 153-177
GERKE, A. (2019). L'innovation dans l'industrie du sport. In Aymar, P., Desbordes, M., & Hautbois, C. (Eds.), Management global du sport (pp. 281). Amphora.
GERKE, A. (2017). Towards more sustainable business practices in surf industry clusters. In BORNE, G. and PONTING, J. (Eds.), Sustainable Surfing. Routledge.
GERKE, A. (2016). How can sport engagement help to solve managerial problems and improve employees’ performance?. In LANDA, S. (Eds.), Sport, Physical Activity and Quality of Life at Work - Improving the quality of work life through physical and sports activities (pp. 153-156). AquiPrint.
Press articles
Scientific activities
Member of the scientific board of an academic association
Program Team
2026
Membre du Conseil Scientifique de l'Observatoire National du Sport
2024
Track Chair "Esport, Innovation and Technology"
2021
European Association for Sport Management (EASM)
2017
Scientific Board - Observatoire de l'Economie du Sport, Ministère de la ville, de la jeunesse et des sports, Secrétariat d'Etat aux sports
2017
European Academy of Management (EURAM): Managing Sport and Innovation Special Interest Group (SIG)
2011
Reviewer for an academic journal
Journal of Business Ethics
2026
Academic of Management Perspectives (AMD)
2026
Technological Forecasting & Social Change
2025
Fußball und Gesellschaft
2025
Regional Studies (4*ABS)Regional Studies (4*ABS)
2025
Journal of Economic Geography
2024
Sport Marketing Quarterly
2024
Review of Entrepreneurship/ Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat
2024
Journal of Sport Management and Marketing (IJSMM)
2020
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
2020
Competitiveness Review
2018
Sport Management Review
2018
International Journal of Information Management
2018
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
2017
European Sport Management Quaterly
2017
Innovation : Organization & Management
2017
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Eduction, and Action
2016
European Management Review
2016
Revue de l'Organisation Responsable
2016
Sport, Business, & Management: an International Journal
2015
Guest Editor of an academic journal
Research in sport management: status quo and perspectives
2024
Special Issue on the topic: Sport Management : status quo and perspectives
2024
European Sport Management Quarterly: Special Issue on "Environmental Sustainability Matters in Sport"
2021
Member of the editorial board of an academic journal
European Sport Management Quarterly
2023
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
2020
Management et Organisations du Sport
2020
Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal
2018
Associate Editor of an academic journal
Sport, Business, Management: an International Journal <onbehalfof@manuscriptcentral.com
2022
Editor of an academic journal
EURAM Special Issue in Sport, Business and Management: an International Journal
2015
Awards and honors
MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS Doctoral Networks (DN): SUstainable sports and Physical activity for Equity and Resilience in the Anthropocene (SUPER), 2026
Best Reviewer Award - SIG 13: Strategic Management (EURAM), 2024
Audencia Foundation Funding on project "AI acceptance in the sport consumer context", 2024
Finalist EASM Best Conference Paper Award 2021, 2021
Diagnostique pour Projet Sportif Territorial pour le Pays de la Loire, 2021
EURAM Grant, 2021
Finalist EASM Best Conference Paper Award 2020, 2020
EURAM Managing Sport Special Interest Group Best Papers Award Runners up, 2015
Doctoral supervision
Since 2020 M. ELMISATAR : Maximizing the ROI of Megasporting Events.
Since 2025 J. LEINING : AI as a Driver for Circular Supply Chains: An Analysis of Waste Reduction and Efficiency Improvement in the Sportswear Industry.
Since 2024 L. KNACKSTEDT : Consumer Behaviour and the Adoption of Circular Economy Models in the Sporting Goods Industry: A Quantitative Approach Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
(2021) E. KAUFMANN : Start-ups and entrepreneurial eco-systems.
Since 2016 Khalid Al Kuwari : Country Branding: An Analysis of Qatar as Preferred Sports Destination.
(2026) S. SAAB : Explaining the Complex Process of AI Implementations in Organizations through the Assemblage Lens: A Case Study from a Sovereign Wealth Fund in the Gulf Explaining the Complex Process of AI Implementations in Organizations through the Assemblage Lens: A Case Study from a Sovereign Wealth Fund in the Gulf .
(2023) K. MUKANOVA : Multiple host organizing committees for international major sporting events: studying factors affecting organizational learning outcomes.
(2022) E. GLEBOVA : Technological Transformation of Sports Spectators Customer Experiences.
(2016) Mathieu Marlier : The value of intersectoral partnerships in sport.
(2026) O. BRAMLEY : Environmental Sustainability in Sport Organisations: Exploring the Tide of Action.