This book analyzes the 2018 and 2019 men's and women's World Cups to understand how the use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) affected each tournament. Unlike goal technology, where the decision is entirely left to the machine's algorithm, the VAR still has a human component, making it prone to...

Analysing the trends that are emerging in sport enterprises such as advancements in technology and social media, the authors of this illuminating book tackle the issue of how to create new opportunities in such a changing industry. Providing valuable reading for sports business scholars, this...

In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games-time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The authors evaluated the development of expenditure and revenues of the...

Chapter 1: Running Tourism and the Global Rise of Small-Scale Sport Tourism Events -- Chapter 2: Sport Tourism Events and Sustainable Local Development - An Overview -- Chapter 3: Defining a Methodology for a Cross-national Comparative Study -- Chapter 4: Algeria: Economic, social and...

The Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event in the United States. But what does participating in this event mean for the players, the halftime performers, and the cities who host the games? Is there an economic benefit from being a part of the Super Bowl and if so, how much? This Palgrave...

Die international typischen Wettbewerbsformate im Individualsport sind Einzelwettkämpfe und -wettkampfserien. Dennoch besteht in Deutschland eine Vielfalt an Ligen auch in Individualsportarten. Timo Zimmermann untersucht erstmals dieses Phänomen und entwickelt ein Anreiz-Beitrags-Modell zu...

Governance- und Wettbewerbstheorien -- Institutionell-strategische Analyse des europäischen Profifußballs -- Systemvergleich der Bundesliga und Premier League -- Empirische Erfolgs- und Effizienzanalyse der Big-5-Ligen -- Profifußball zwischen Kultur und Kommerz.

Preface -- Part I Background -- Chapter 1 Fundamental Issues in This Book -- Part II Topological Structure -- Chapter 2 Recognize the Trade Roles of Industrial Sectors -- Chapter 3 Probe the Industrial Linkages Reasonably and Effectively -- Chapter 4 Find the Vital Industrial Sectors and IO...

Chapter 1: Empirical Input–Output Representations and Transmutations of Actual Economies -- Chapter 2: Controllability, Observability and Spectral Post-Construction of the Value Theory -- Chapter 3: The Capital Theory Debate and the Almost Uncontrollability and Unobservability of Actual...

This textbook offers an introduction to empirical regional economics, including a comprehensive and systematic overview of the fundamentals, history, development, and applications of economic base models. It not only provides a sound basis for regional economics and regional economic analysis,...