mohammad khabiri; Ebrahim AliDoust Ghahfarokhi; Rahim Khosromanesh; Ameneh Asadolahi; Ali Talkhabi
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to design a conceptual model of Iranian sports goods industry. Methodology: The methodology of research was Grounded Theory (GT) on the systematic approach. Data collection tools were reviewing the literature and interviews. The sampling method was theoretical ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to design a conceptual model of Iranian sports goods industry. Methodology: The methodology of research was Grounded Theory (GT) on the systematic approach. Data collection tools were reviewing the literature and interviews. The sampling method was theoretical sampling. The data analysis method was a continuous questionnaire and comparison in the three main steps of open, axial and selective coding. After reviewing the literature along with conducting 15 deep interviews with Iranian manufacturers and distributors of Iranian sports goods, theoretical saturation was achieved. Results: The results showed that the manpower, capital, technology and materials affect production, and marketing and branding, national media, person responsible for buying, and foreign goods affect the sale of Iranian sports goods and Iranian sovereign bodies directly and indirectly have important implications for all of these categories. Conclusion: Production and sales are the basic categories of sports goods industry that interact with each other and each of them is influenced by other categories. Since sovereign bodies have or can have a huge impact on all of these categories, prerequisite for the development of this industry is the strategic actions of the sovereign bodies to improve the conditions in each of these categories.
Fariba Askarian; Farzane Torabinahad; Farnaz Fakhri
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Objective: Quality and quantity of sport industry in countries depended on the size and scope produce and consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between demographic characteristics on consumers buying decision in sporting goods according to the Sproles and Kendall model ...
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Objective: Quality and quantity of sport industry in countries depended on the size and scope produce and consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between demographic characteristics on consumers buying decision in sporting goods according to the Sproles and Kendall model in Tabriz. Methodology: Research method is descriptive and the population of the survey is the consumers of sporting goods in Tabriz, Which 385 consumer and according to Cochran Formula was selected as sample. The data and information was collected by the modified Consumer Style questionnaire with acceptable validity and reliability with used of factor analyses. Then used to Factor Analyses, Kolmogorov- Smirnov, U Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis Test at α≤ 0.05. Results: The results showed that Internet advertising effects on factors of brand equity as perceived quality, brand association, brand loyalty and brand awareness has a significant impact. Conclusion: The results showed that the Novelty and fashion consciousness was the most effective style. The males have more tendency to Novelty than Females and the consumers with high total income is more Novelty and who have high personal income was Perfectionist. There were no relationship between education, age and Sporting or not sporting and decision-making styles