Sustainable community development through sport and events: A conceptual framework for Sport-for-Development projects

Designing a model for holding mega sport events with an emphasis on national brand development

The present study seeks a model for holding major sporting events with an emphasis on national brand development. The research method is a mixture of qualitative and quantitative. In the quantitative part, the statistical population, including professors and sports activists, and the statistical sample was done by stratified random sampling. Adequate number for modeling in pls software was 300 ...

Developing a model of social development through educational sport

The present study was designed and conducted to investigate the role of professional sports development on social development indicators in Iran. The present study is one of the mixed researches that was done qualitatively and quantitatively. The statistical population consisted of elites and experts in the field of social and sports and were familiar with the subject of the research. Based on ...

Development of Brand Community in Iranian New Sport Teams

Background. Through years of spectator interaction, historical moments, heroic performances, and the creation of traditions or rituals, these established teams are excellent examples of brand communities. For newly introduced teams, these elements are likely to be in short supply and many of them struggle to build a community around their sport team. Objectives. This study explored brand co...

Development of framework for sustainable Lean implementation: an ISM approach

The survival of any organization depends upon its competitive edge. Even though Lean is one of the most powerful quality improvement methodologies, nearly two-thirds of the Lean implementations results in failures and less than one-fifth of those implemented have sustained results. One of the most significant tasks of top management is to identify, understand and deploy the significant Lean pra...

Sport, Peace and Development