mohammad reza azimi; Zeinab Mondalizadeh; Karim Zohrehvandian
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Objective: The purpose of this article was to identify barriers to launching sports startups and provide solutions.Methodology: The present study was qualitative and applied in terms of purpose. Library studies, interviews and Delphi questionnaire were used to collect data. The statistical population ...
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Objective: The purpose of this article was to identify barriers to launching sports startups and provide solutions.Methodology: The present study was qualitative and applied in terms of purpose. Library studies, interviews and Delphi questionnaire were used to collect data. The statistical population was sports management professors, specialists in science and technology parks and sports start-ups in Hamadan province. Using purposive sampling method, 30 people participated in the Delphi panel. According to the Kendall coefficient, the Delphi approach ended in the third round.Results: Findings showed that the barriers to launching sports startups can be summarized in 6 components; obstacles to starting sports startups included managerial barriers, socio-cultural barriers, lack of awareness and ignorance, legal barriers, human capital barriers and environmental barriers were mentioned. In accordance with the obstacles, management strategies, socio-cultural strategies, educational strategies, legal solutions and environmental solutions were mentioned. Conclusion: It seems that the set of managerial, cultural and social factors, barriers to human capital, structural-commercial, legal-legal barriers and environmental conditions are among the barriers to start-up in a sports startup ecosystem and in this regard, according to solutions, support of organizations and institutions for startups seems necessary.Keywords: Business Management, Sports Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Strategies, Startup Challenges
Abbas Farahmandmehr; Farideh Sharififar; Reza Nikbakhsh
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to designing and explaining the framework of entrepreneurship ecosystem in Sport.Methodology: The research method was systematic qualitative. The statistical population consisted of professors, managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors ...
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to designing and explaining the framework of entrepreneurship ecosystem in Sport.Methodology: The research method was systematic qualitative. The statistical population consisted of professors, managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors and advisers in the field of sports industry. The statistical sample was selected and deliberately selected on a targeted and accessible basis based on the relevance of the subject and the scientific validity. The research instrument consisted of three tools: library study, semi-guided exploratory interview and two-step Delphi technique. The validity of each research tools was based on sample validity and the coefficient of agreement between Specialists and experts was approved.Results: After analyzing the data collected from coding and framing and structural and systematic analysis, Researchers identify the main actors in the creation of an entrepreneurship ecosystem in sport, which include six main areas: entrepreneurial environment; human capital; entrepreneurial leadership; places, equipment, and sports services; financing; and, entrepreneurship infrastructure. Finally, using the two-stage Delphi method, the framework for entrepreneurship ecosystem in sport was designed and explained.Conclusion: Given that the definition and restructuring of one of the responses of organizations and systems to environmental changes and the ecosystem of entrepreneurship in the country faces many challenges, Therefore, the framework designed in this study can be used to evaluate, analyze and systematize the basis of the basic sports entrepreneurship ecosystem.
