%0 Journal Article %T Strategic marketing planning in the sport %A THANOS KRIEMADIS %A CHRISTOS TERZOUDIS %J Choregia %D 2007 %I Greek Center for Sport Science Research %X The business sector has long recognized the contribution of marketing planning in the financial success. The sport sector has begun to recognize the usefulness of strategicmarketing planning as well. Many sport researchers have argued that without the improvement of strategic marketing planning activities, sport will not survive to the competitive environment of the entertainment industry. The purposes of this study are to: (a) examine the strategic marketing planning process, and (b) propose a strategic marketing planning process for the sport sector and analyze its various elements. If the sport managers follow the proposed strategic marketing planning process, they will be able to handle the complicated sport business environment and deliver higheconomic benefits. %K Marketing %K marketing planning %K strategic marketing planning %K sport business %U http://www.choregia.org/3.pdf