javad shahlaeebagheri; Farzad ghafouri; sina zafari; payam raisi
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Purpose: The main purpose of the research is to determine the feasibility of developing sports tourism (river boating) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose, in terms of descriptive-analytical strategy. The statistical population of the research ...
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Purpose: The main purpose of the research is to determine the feasibility of developing sports tourism (river boating) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose, in terms of descriptive-analytical strategy. The statistical population of the research included all knowledgeable elites, experts and university professors, and due to the limited statistical population, the sample number was used as a census from the entire statistical population. In this study, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect research data. In order to analyze the data, SPSS and PLS software were used for descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: At the significance level of 0.05, the results showed a statistically significant difference between the theoretical and experimental average of driving, attracting, limiting and infrastructural factors, and the desired factors were in favorable conditions. Conclusion: In general, it can be said that these factors play a significant role in the development of sports tourism (river boating) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in the current situation, which makes it possible to attract sports tourists to Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Therefore, the sports and youth department should help the increasing development of whitewater boating in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province by reducing the limiting factors and by using the driving, attracting and infrastructural factors and creating suitable platforms.
mehdi mahmoodi yekta; gholamreza shabani bahar; Habib Honari; javad shahlaee; farzad ghafouri
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to identify the causes of entrepreneurial development of the country's sports science education system.Methodology: The research method was qualitative and field-based, and the data were collected using library studies as well as in-depth and semi-structured ...
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Objective: The aim of the present study was to identify the causes of entrepreneurial development of the country's sports science education system.Methodology: The research method was qualitative and field-based, and the data were collected using library studies as well as in-depth and semi-structured interviews with experts. The statistical population of the study consisted of all experts in the three fields of science, administration and sports, including experts and experts in the field of entrepreneurship (including top sports entrepreneurs, professors in this field), members of the elite faculty and experts in the faculties of physical education and sports sciences. Managers of sports organizations (Ministry of Sports and Youth, Federations and the National Olympic Committee) were formed. The method of targeted sampling was used as a snowball and interviews with experts continued until theoretical saturation was achieved (19 interviews). The research findings were analyzed through the coding process in three stages: open, central and selective.Results:The findings showed that a total of 27 factors the form in the form of 4 sub-categories (component); Communication management of the scientific and executive part of the country's sports, principled and practical planning of courses and topics, university education system and attention to internship and entrepreneurship unit and in two general categories (concept) called appropriate program and structure and educational system.Conclusion: The research findings indicated that the most important reasons for the development of entrepreneurship in the country's physical education and sports science system are having a proper program and structure and using up-to-date and efficient educational system in universities, which can have a positive effect on the efficiency of physical education graduates.
mostafa soltani; Gholam Ali Kargar; sara keshkar; Farzad Ghafori
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Objective: The purpose of present study was designing the revenue model for iranian professional football clubs. Methodology: The method of this study was exploratory mixed. The population of qualitative and quantitative research in this study were all of the football industry elite. Sampling in qualitative ...
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Objective: The purpose of present study was designing the revenue model for iranian professional football clubs. Methodology: The method of this study was exploratory mixed. The population of qualitative and quantitative research in this study were all of the football industry elite. Sampling in qualitative part of this study was targeted stratified and in quantitative part was targeted. The instrument used to collect data in this study was a researcher made questionnaire. Content analysis was used to analyze interviews with experts and structural equation model to evaluate the model. All the present data analysis with using SPSS version 22 and software PLS was performed. Results: The results showed that commercial, fans, media, advertising, match day revenue, others and financial sponsors with path coefficients: 0.352, 0.189, 0.178, 0.169, 0.146, 0.138 and 0.137 could be the most important sources of revenue for iranian football clubs. Conclusion: Clubs can use new marketing techniques and various sources of revenue, such as: commercial, fans, media rights, advertising, match day revenue, financial sponsors and other resources, to meet the financial needs, develop clubs and have strong presence in the domestic and international arena.
Ebrahim Deldar; GholamAli Kargar; Farzad Ghafouri
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 53-68
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Objective: This survey identified and ranked the economic obstacles of club privatization in Iranian professional football league. Methodology: The statistical population of this study included the directors of the premier football league and the first division football league, the chief committees of ...
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Objective: This survey identified and ranked the economic obstacles of club privatization in Iranian professional football league. Methodology: The statistical population of this study included the directors of the premier football league and the first division football league, the chief committees of football federation and provincial football boards, professors of sport management and economics, and management who were familiar with the professional football Issues, as well as football news reporters and experts (N=173). The data collection tool was the structured questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed. To measure reliability of questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha was used (α=0.80). Friedman test was used to rank the obstacles as well as Factor Analysis was used to identify factors. Results: The results showed that the first obstacle of professional football club privatization was inappropriate allocation of television broadcast rights and pitch-side advertising among teams. Conclusion: Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency, improvement of the system management, good results achievement, and budget increase of club are the most important aims of each sport club. The Economic problems towards the clubs privatization were the notable obstacles to reach these aims. So, overcoming these obstacles is the first step to succeed.
Farzad Ghafouri; Afshar Honarvar; Rafiah Nematpoor
Volume 2, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 19-30
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting tourism’s attraction and development of water sport’s tourism in coastal cities of Mazandaran.Methodology: For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting 23 questions based on a Likert scale of five values were ...
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting tourism’s attraction and development of water sport’s tourism in coastal cities of Mazandaran.Methodology: For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting 23 questions based on a Likert scale of five values were obtained for experts and visitors and after confirming its validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.91), viewpoints of experts and tourists (Sport management faculty members, president and vice president of water sport associations, heads of department of Physical Education in coastal cities of Mazandaran) were investigated. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis.Results: Results showed that advertising and marketing with 0.86 of covariance coefficient was the most important factor in attracting tourists and water sports development in the coastal cities of Mazandaran. Management (0.85), facilities (0.71), and infrastructure (0.59) were in the next priorities for water sports development and attraction of tourists.Conclusion: Therefore it could be concluded that in developing water sport tourism in coastal cities of Mazandaran Province, more attention should be paid to marketing and managerial activities.Keywords: Tourism, Water sports, Management, Advertising and marketing.
