Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration (2018)
Journal Article
Jaimangal-Jones, D., Robertson, M., & Jackson, C. (2018). Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 9(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-05-2018-0032

This special issue has at its centre the theme Event Futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration. This theme was the basis of the Association for Events Management Education (AEME) annual forum hosted at Cardiff Metropolitan University, 5-7 Jul... Read More about Event futures: innovation, creativity and collaboration.

Introduction: events in society (2015)
Journal Article
Lockstone-Binney, L., Holmes, K., & Robertson, M. (2015). Introduction: events in society. Event Management, 19(4), 429-431. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599515X14465748512489

Introduction to special issue of the journal Event Management.

An introduction to the future (2014)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., McMahon-Beattie, U., Backer, E., & Smith, K. (2014). An introduction to the future. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals (3-9). Routledge

No abstract available.

Duplication of Purchase Law in Sport Event Markets: New Zealand case study (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lees, G., Morrison, A., & Robertson, M. (2014, December). Duplication of Purchase Law in Sport Event Markets: New Zealand case study. Presented at ANZMAC Annual Conference 2014

The paper seeks to further understand the sport market structure. In doing so it considers whether New Zealand sport event markets follow the Duplication of Purchase Law or whether they are highly demographically segmented. It analyses a single sourc... Read More about Duplication of Purchase Law in Sport Event Markets: New Zealand case study.

eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Lees, G. (2014). eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals (251-267). (1). Routledge

From a mercantile past, of the travelling merchant and adventures and travels around the world, to proliferation of market towns, to the growth of individual – specialist – shops and then to the emergence of retail giants (supermarkets to superstores... Read More about eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures..

Eliciting the dynamics of leading a sustainable event: Key informant responses (2011)
Journal Article
Ensor, J., Robertson, M., Ali-Knight, J., Ensor, J., Robertson, M., & Ali-Knight, J. (2011). Eliciting the dynamics of leading a sustainable event: Key informant responses. Event Management, 15(4), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599511X13175676722483

Within the event management literature relating to network development and festival sustainability there is a paucity of research that analyzes the perception of festival sustainability by festival leaders. After an initial review of the context of s... Read More about Eliciting the dynamics of leading a sustainable event: Key informant responses.

Events and Festivals: Current trends and issues (2008)
Book
Robertson, M., & Frew, E. (Eds.). (2008). Events and Festivals: Current trends and issues. Routledge

Events and festivals have an increasingly vital role in our leisure lifestyles. We recognize them as part of our lives. For some, they are a very significant part of our lives.

The network of festivals and events that either adorn the world now, o... Read More about Events and Festivals: Current trends and issues.

Sporting Events and Event Tourism: impacts, plans and opportunities (2006)
Book
Robertson, M. (Ed.). (2006). Sporting Events and Event Tourism: impacts, plans and opportunities. Leisure Studies Association

No abstract available.

Sport and Leisure Narrative. (2004)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M. (2004). Sport and Leisure Narrative. In U. Mc-Mahon-Beattie, & I. Yeoman (Eds.), Sport and Leisure Operations Management (16-27). Thomson Reuters

This chapter frames an operational management view by summarising core defintions of the following four elements: 1. values of nature and its resources as a product 2. leisure choice 3. image creation 4. narrative It then goes on to suggest the cogni... Read More about Sport and Leisure Narrative..

Festival and Events Management: an international arts and culture perspective (2004)
Book
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., Ali-Knight, J., McMahon-Beattie, U., & Drummond, S. (Eds.). (2004). Festival and Events Management: an international arts and culture perspective. Butterworth-Heinemann

Festival and Events Management: An International Perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries.

With international contributions from industry and academia, the text look... Read More about Festival and Events Management: an international arts and culture perspective.