Football economics. Proceedings of the Armand Carabén workshop on sports economics

Resumen: This volume contains the proceedings of the Armand Carabén Workshop on Football Economics, which was held on the premises of IESE on November 24, 2009. The event, co-sponsored by FC Barcelona and the Public-Private Sector Research Center, was meant as a tribute to Armand Carabén, who was the managing director of FC Barcelona between 1970 and 1973, and who is widely regarded as the "father of modern Barça." The opening remarks by the President of FCB, Mr. Joan Laporta, and by Mr. Carabén's son, Armand Carabén Jr., which the reader will find after this prologue, are a clear testimony of the qualities of Armand Carabén as a professional and a human being.