Essays about: "Summer Olympics"

Found 3 essays containing the words Summer Olympics.

1. 1. A Compromised Legacy? Investigating the embodiment of Olympism values within the Olympic bidding process

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Sophia Mohamed Harith; [2020]
   Keywords : Olympics; Bidding Process; Olympism; Leveraging; Legacy;

   Abstract : The international and commercialised recognition of the Olympic Games can bring upon prestigious benefits to a country's Olympic Games legacy. Due to this, candidate cities have capitalised on this opportunity to leverage their bids to successfully secure hosting rights. READ MORE

3. 2. Sports, economic performance and FDI: The impact of hosting different sports mega-events on economic growth and foreign direct investment in developed and developing countries, 1970-2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Marcel Prijs; [2018]
   Keywords : Mega Sports Events; Economic Growth; Foreign Direct Investment; Summer Olympics; Winter Olympics; FIFA World Cup; UEFA European Cup; African Cup of Nations; Copa America; Longitudinal Investigation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this paper, the effect hosting a mega sports event has on economic growth and the inflow of foreign direct investment is investigated over the period 1970 – 2016. This paper differentiates between six different mega sports events. READ MORE

4. 3. The effect of sports diplomacy on inter-Korean relations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

   Author : Marianne Kristine Nymark; [2018]
   Keywords : Inter-Korean relations; 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games; Sports diplomacy; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games; Unified team; sunshine policy; Interkoreanska relationer; 2018 Pyeongchang vinter-OS; Sportdiplomatik; 1988 Seoul sommar-OS; Gemensamt lag; Solskenspolitiken;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explain how sports events, in which North and South Korea have in some way worked or competed together, have affected the relationship between the two nations. This is carried out through the investigation of specific events; the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, the competing of the joint table tennis- and football teams in 1991, the cooperation happening during the “sunshine policy”, from 1998 until 2008, as well as the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. READ MORE