Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Professional baseball operates a tiered system of talent development facilitated by alliances between Minor League Baseball (MiLB) clubs and higher status Major League Baseball (MLB) parent teams. This study applies management theory to advance the literature on MiLB demand modeling by proposing and testing a new set of demand determinants based on interorganizational alliance principles. Team executives at the AA level should be alert to the high cost of switching team alliances and of changing to a parent club in closer geographical proximity. At the AAA level, affiliation with a winning MLB club exerts a positive effect on AAA demand.
DOI
10.1002/mde.2741
Recommended Citation
Agha, N., and Cobbs, J. (2015), Is the Grass Greener? Switching Costs and Geographic Proximity in the High Status Affiliations of Professional Baseball. Manage. Decis. Econ., doi: 10.1002/mde.2741
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Agha, N., and Cobbs, J. (2015), Is the Grass Greener? Switching Costs and Geographic Proximity in the High Status Affiliations of Professional Baseball. Manage. Decis. Econ., doi: 10.1002/mde.2741], which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mde.2741. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.