Vertebroplasty : letter to the editor

In separate letters the authors debate whether the promotion of vertebroplasty in routine care is both premature and potentially dangerous as there are no completed RCTs.

Guest editor's introduction : Sports entrepreneurship : towards a conceptualisation

Sport is an important economic and social driver of regional development around the world. Both organisations and individuals are involved in creating innovative ways of fostering regional development through entrepreneurial practices in sport. The aim of this paper is to develop a conceptualisation of sports entrepreneurship that focuses on the role of innovation and regional development in the sports context. Different sport entrepreneurship schools of thought are discussed with a focus on developing theory based on the venture creation process. Three key components of sports entrepreneurship (opportunity recognition, dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial competence) are examined that lead to a focus on how sports entrepreneurial traits are innovative and encourage regional development. Entrepreneurial sport ventures are then stated which leads to the managerial and theoretical implications of the sports entrepreneurship construct being discussed.

Editor's introduction

Editor's introduction to the 2010 special issue of the Journal for the Association for the Study of Australian Literature on Vincent Buckley, reproduced along with the articles previously published in the special issue and new work.