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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of the environment on the financial performance in public sports agencies at the local level.


Design/methodology/approach
The influence of the socio-demographic, socio-economic and political environment on the financial condition of municipal sports agencies in Spain from 2003 to 2011 was studied by several regression models.


Findings
The results show a negative influence of the size of the population and a positive influence of the municipal taxes per capita. The influence of the political context is not demonstrated. However, the set of variables only explain a small percentage of the variance.


Research limitations/implications
The main limitation of this study is the possible existence of other non-controlled environmental variables. However, this study approaches genuinely the effect of the environment on municipal sports agencies, which has important research implications as it shows additional information to be contrasted with other researches in different countries or regions.


Practical implications
The information provided in this study will be of great importance for managers to select more objectively other entities in benchmarking development.


Originality/value
Finally, this study uses a non-exploited database and redirects performance management studies to other areas of service provision such as sport.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of the environment on the financial performance in public sports agencies at the local level. Design/methodology/approach – The influence of the socio-demographic, socio-economic and political environment on the financial condition of municipal sports agencies in Spain from 2003 to 2011 was studied by several regression models. Findings – The results show a negative influence of the size of the population and a positive influence of the municipal taxes per capita. The influence of the political context is not demonstrated. However, the set of variables only explain a small percentage of the variance. Research limitations/implications – The main limitation of this study is the possible existence of other non-controlled environmental variables. However, this study approaches genuinely the effect of the environment on municipal sports agencies, which has important research implications as it shows additional information to be contrasted with other researches in different countries or regions. Practical implications – The information provided in this study will be of great importance for managers to select more objectively other entities in benchmarking development. ; 2013UEM09 ; 0.237 JCR (2016) Q4, 117/121 Business, 190/194 Management ; 0.147 SJR (2016) Q3, 267/430 Business and International Management, 229/349 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Q4, 902/1361 Education, 133/154 Public Administration, 378/472 Strategy and Management ; No data IDR 2016 ; UEM

Purpose. The aim of this study is to analyse the influence of the environment on the financial performance in public sports agencies at the local level. Design/methodology/approach. The influence of the socio-demographic, socio-economic and political environment on the financial condition of municipal sports agencies in Spain from 2003 to 2011 was studied by using regression models. Findings. The results show a negative influence of the size of the population and a positive influence of the municipal taxes per capita. The influence of the political context is not demonstrated. However, the set of variables only explain a small percentage of the variance. Research limitations/implications. The main limitation to this study is the possible existence of other non-controlled environmental variables. However, this study genuinely approaches the effect of the environment on municipal sports agencies, which has important research implications as it shows additional information to be contrasted with other studies in different countries or regions. Practical implications. The information provided in this study will be of great importance for managers to more objectively select other entities in benchmarking development. Originality/value. Finally, this study uses a non-exploited database and redirects performance management studies to other areas of service provision such as sport.