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Simulations have long been used in business schools to give students experience making real-world decisions in a relatively low-risk environment. The Oakland A'S Baseball Business Business Simulator takes a traditional business simulation and applies it to the sport industry where sales of...
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Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local … facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on … employment and earnings in England. Clear associations between labour market outcomes and sports participation are established …
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the context of sports tourism. The analysis of scientific papers shows that sporting events have created new forms of …
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Sports bribery and match-fixing have become a part of the on-going sports news cycle. European and Asian match …-fixing scandals in soccer, cricket and tennis have rocked the sports world recently. The 1919 Black Sox World Series scandal and the …. This paper examines the corruption cases that led to the 1964 passage of the Sports Bribery Act (18 U.S.C. § 224). We …
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An important issue in many antitrust lawsuits involving professional sports leagues and their member teams is the … extent to which franchises within the same, and across different, professional sports leagues compete with one another for … fans and advertisers. Complicating the issue is the fact that some sports franchises also cooperate with other franchises …
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This study adds to the debate about the relationship between the Olympic Games and socio-economic factors. It is the first empirical work testing if economic, political, and social determinants (as well as the prospects of success) help to forecast which countries will submit an Olympic bid to...
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The study sought to assess the impact of sports betting on the investment behaviour of Ghanaians, focusing on sports … individuals perceive the risk of sports lotteries as opposed to investment, to determine if sports lottery was viewed as an … alternative to investments and savings, and to understand how participation in sports lotteries affects individuals' ability to …
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This paper contributes to the analysis of large sporting events using highly disaggregated data. We use the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, which are also outstanding as one of the very few large sporting events where ex post academic analysis found significant positive effects. This paper...
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Using the data of the 1996 Olympic Games, this paper analyzes the economic impact of a mega-sporting event. Earlier studies are extended in several ways. First, monthly rather than quarterly data are employed. Second, the impact is analyzed for 16 different sectors. Third, we use a nonparametric...
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