mostafa aliyari; Mehdi Savadi
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Objective: The main purpose of this research is to formulate a private sector investment model with an emphasis on sporting events.Methodology: The present study is descriptive-analytical and applied in terms of purpose. In the qualitative part of the research, 30 people purposefully and in the quantitative ...
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Objective: The main purpose of this research is to formulate a private sector investment model with an emphasis on sporting events.Methodology: The present study is descriptive-analytical and applied in terms of purpose. In the qualitative part of the research, 30 people purposefully and in the quantitative part, according to Cochran's formula, people from the presidents of sports federations, managers of sports clubs, financial sponsors, managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, professors and physical education specialists and all members of the think tank of the Ministry of Sports. Iranian youth were selected as a research sample. A 53-item researcher-made questionnaire was used to achieve the research objectives. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 15 experts and the construct validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Combined reliability indices (CR) and Cronbach's alpha were higher than 0.7 for all constructs and the whole questionnaire. Delphi method was used to analyze the data in the qualitative part in three steps. In the quantitative part, descriptive and inferential statistical methods such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov, confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis were used with the help of SPSS 22 and Smartpls software.Results: The results showed that economic factors as the most important and first category (0.325), managerial factors (0.278) in the second place, cultural factors (0.267) in the third place, and legal factors (0.213) It ranks fourth and structural factors (0.193) are effective in private sector investment and participation in national and international sporting events.Conclusion: The results of the research show that providing economic, managerial and cultural solutions as the most important components can lead to investment and participation of the private sector in the Iranian sports industry.
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.
Morteza Dostie; Abolfazl Darvishi; Aliasghar khalilifar
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 178-192
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Background & Purpose: This survey evaluated the economic obstacles of club privatization in Iranian professional football league. Methodology: The statistical population of this study included the Premier League and first division football club directors, chiefs committee of Football Federation and ...
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Background & Purpose: This survey evaluated the economic obstacles of club privatization in Iranian professional football league. Methodology: The statistical population of this study included the Premier League and first division football club directors, chiefs committee of Football Federation and official football of the Provinces, sport management and some of economic and management professors which were familiar to the professional football Issues, and football news reporters and experts (N=173). The data collection tool was researcher made questionnaire which its validity was confirmed. To measuring reliability of questionnaire, Cranach’s alpha was used (α=0.80). Friedman test was used for ranking of the obstacles and Factor Analyzes was used. Results: The results showed that the first obstacle was population inappropriate allocation of broadcasting. Discussion: Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency, improvement of the managing system, obtaining good results and increasing the budget of club are the most important aims of each sport club and the Economic problems towards the clubs privatization were the notable obstacles to reach these goals. So, removal of these obstacles, is the first step to success.
Loqman Keshavarz; Abolfazl Farahani; Yeganeh Moosavi Jahromi; Fateh Faraziani
Volume 5, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 195-211
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Objective: The aim of this study was to provide a model of attracting factors of private sector investment in Iran's championship sport. Methodology: The study population consisted of the whole experts in sports management, economics, private sector investors and managers of championship sport. In the ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to provide a model of attracting factors of private sector investment in Iran's championship sport. Methodology: The study population consisted of the whole experts in sports management, economics, private sector investors and managers of championship sport. In the qualitative phase, 18 individuals were selected purposefully and in quantitative phase, a sample of 121 people was chosen based on Cochran's formula. The instrument was a 71-item structured questionnaire. Face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 15 experts as well as the construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Magnitude of combined reliability testing and Cronbach's alpha was over 0.70 for all constructs. To analyze the data in the quality phase, Delphi method was applied in three stages. In quantitative phase, descriptive and inferential statistical methods such as Kolmogorov-Smirnov, confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis were applied with SPSS16 software and SmartPLS. Results: The results showed that the attracting factors of private sector investment were prioritized as follows: management (0.855), sport (0.821), financial and economical (0.804), marketing (0.721), media and advertising (0.655), political (0.637), support and encouragement (0.615), cultural and social (0.559) and legal (0.356) are available. The model covered a good fitness. Conclusion: The model was an appropriate one to attract private sector investor.
