Crisis Management and Recovery for Event by Vassilios Ziakas, Vladimir Antchak, & Donald Getz published Goof Fellow Publisher, thoroughly address the question of who owns and controls world events. It presents cases from both sporting and non-sporting events, as well as general ownership and governance concepts based on historical, legal, and management factors, in two separate sections titled "Theory" and "Cases."

Ownership and Governance of International Events investigates these events as global common goods owned by communities of participants, including athletes, spectators, visitors, tourists, fans, media consumers, and local citizens, and outlines the necessary collaboration between public authorities (at local, regional, and national levels) and private bodies (NGOs and commercial organisations). It makes the case that seeing an event through the lens of a "common good" makes mega events more likely to be sustained over time and promotes locals' and the general public's acceptance of them.