21st century sports

lt;b>Sascha L. Schmidt is a Professor of Sports and Management at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Dusseldorf, Germany, an affiliate of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and a Member of the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School. He serves as Director of the WHU Center for Sports and Management and as Academic Director of the SPOAC-Sports Business Academy by WHU. His research and writings focus on growth and diversification strategies as well as future preparedness in professional sports.

Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. How technologies impact sports in the digital age (Sascha L. Schmidt).- Chapter 2. Taxonomy of Sports Tech (Nicolas Frevel).- Chapter 3. How Thesis Driven Innovation Radars could benefit the sports industry (Sanjay Sarma).- Chapter 4. How to predict the future of sports (Sascha L. Schmidt).- Part II. Physical technologies.- Chapter 5. Robotics, automation, and the future of sports (Josh Siegel).- Chapter 6. Robotics and AI: How technology may change the way we shape our bodies and what this does to the mind (Frank Kirchner).- Chapter 7. The reach of sports technologies (Martin U. Schlegel).- Chapter 8. The current state and future of regenerative sports medicine (Dietmar W. Hutmacher).- Part III. Information processing technologies.- Chapter 9. Big data, Artificial Intelligence, and quantum computing in sports (Benno Torgler).- Chapter 10. The data revolution: Cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning in the future of sports (Christina Chase).- Chapter 11. The rise of emotion AI: Decoding flow experiences in sports (Michael Bartl).- Chapter 12. Blockchain: From fintech to the future of sport (Sandy Khaund).- Chapter 13. Blockchain, sport, and navigating the sportstech dilemma (Martin Carlsson-Wall).- Chapter 14. Blockchain innovation in sports economies (Jason Potts).- Part IV. Human interaction technologies.- Chapter 15. Strategies to reimagine the stadium experience (Ben Shields).- Chapter 16. Virtual reality and sports: The rise of mixed, augmented, immersive, and esports experiences (Andy Miah).- Chapter 17. How technologies might change the European football spectators' role in the digital age (Dominik Schreyer).- Chapter 18. Video games, technology, and sport: The future is interactive, immersive, and adaptive (Johanna Pirker).- Part V. Technology convergence.- Chapter 19. Sports in the third connected age (Rishad Tobaccowala).- Chapter 20. Navigating the web3 landscape: a forward-looking perspective on the future of sports business for athletes, consumers, and management (Amir Raveh).- Chapter 21. Imagining the future of fandom (Shelly Palmer).- Part VI. Outlook.- Chapter 22. Impossible sports (Brian Subirana).- Chapter 23. Beyond 2030: What sports will look like for the athletes, consumers and managers (Sascha L. Schmidt)