The best soccer player in the world, Lionel Messi, plays for the Barcelona Football Club -- also considered the best in the world. The team just won the European Cup final at Wembley; and last year, its players helped Spain win the World Cup.
What is the secret of this team's success? Good management, according to the Economist. The team has doubled its revenues in the past four years, bringing in $488 million in 2010. Barca has mostly local players -- eight of whom attended its football school, La Masia -- and puts more emphasis on growing its own team members than any other major team (Messi made his debut at 16, after attending La Masia). Other teams look more like the United Nations.
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Author:Aimee Groth
