is the order of importance of the criteria under question, according to the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method …

resources which may have been put to better use elsewhere In any case, the FIFA that benefits hugely from staging the World Cup … Investitionstätigkeit ist die Ausrichtung FIFA World Cups ein ausgesprochener Luxus. Die Gefahr von Fehlinvestitionen, insbesondere mit …

Comprehensive rankings of football teams have become an important, and occasionally controversial, feature of many … football codes. The rationale behind these systems needs to be understood. The historical evolution of the current eight codes … is briefly traced from just two: association football and rugby football, played under various forms in the mid 19th …

Most of the football papers that measure the international performances focus on the ranking system provided by the … FIFA. Surprisingly, the World Cup per se has not been analyzed intensively. This paper as a novelty reports empirical … is reported that nations with a stronger football tradition perform better. …

This paper used the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) world ranking points data to examine how …

The expansion of economics to ?non-market topics? such as football has received increased attention in recent years … whether there is a correlation between women?s and men?s team performances. In general, countries with a stronger football … competitive balance between the different football regions. …