Essays about: "elite sport"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 74 essays containing the words elite sport.

1. 31. Thinking differently about a newly implemented PMS: a single-case study of a Swedish elite football club

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Oliver Lindqvist Parbratt; Marcus Wernersson; [2019]
   Keywords : Football; PMS; Thought worlds; Organisational routines; Sensemaking;

   Abstract : In an attempt to explore an underexplored linkage in previous literature on accounting and sport, this thesis investigates how differences in thought worlds in a Swedish elite football club may lead to differences in effects on organisational routines of an implemented performance measurement system (PMS). This is done by performing a qualitative single-case study on a Swedish elite football club, and developing a theoretical framework based on the concepts of thought worlds and organisational routines from Dougherty (1992) integrated with Weick's (1995) sensemaking and his discussion of the pulsating interrelation between intersubjectivity and generic subjectivity. READ MORE

3. 32. The Untold Story of the Sponsee - A Study of the Sponsorship Strategy of Swedish Elite Football Clubs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jakob Ivarsson; Måns Claeson; [2019]
   Keywords : Sponsorship; Sponsee Sponsorship Strategy; Brand Image Strategy; Relationship Strategy; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Thesis purpose: This study aims to establish an understanding of the sponsee sponsorship strategy, with the purpose of expanding on the academic understanding and narrowing the identified research gap. Methodology: A qualitative study through semi-structured interviews with Swedish elite football clubs was conducted to answer how the sponsee strategically engage in sponsorships. READ MORE

4. 33. Career Challenges and Coping Strategies of Swedish Elite Show Jumpers : A mixed-methods study

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

   Author : Stephanie Reveny; Elvira Stafverfeldt; [2019]
   Keywords : athletic identity; athletic injuries; coping; equestrian sport; financial challenge; holistic athletic career model; show jumpers; coping; finansiella utmaningar; holistiska karriärutvecklingsmodellen; hoppryttare; idrottsidentitet; idrottsskador; ridsport;

   Abstract : The aim of the study was to examine perceived challenges and coping strategies of Swedish elite show jumpers from the holistic perspective. A mixed-methodology was used with a dominant qualitative design and a supportive quantitative design. READ MORE

5. 34. Women’s experiences of gender-based barriers and stereotypes in bodybuilding as a masculine sport in Poland

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Kaja Daroszewska; [2018-06-27]
   Keywords : Gender; Poland; women bodybuilding; stereotypes;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study gender-based barriers and stereotypes that influence women in masculine sports taking bodybuilding as an example and analyzing four interviews by using a feminism perspective and professional discourse analysis. In terms of methodology it applies narrative writing, interviews, analysis and professional discourse analysis from female bodybuilding athletes and autoethnography. READ MORE

6. 35. Injury Prediction in Elite Ice Hockey using Machine Learning

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS); KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.); KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Pontus Staberg; Emil Häglund; Jakob Claesson; [2018]
   Keywords : Sports analytics; computer science; machine learn- ing; ice hockey; non-contact injuries; predictive analytics; support vector machine; random forest; SHL;

   Abstract : Sport clubs are always searching for innovative ways to improve performance and obtain a competitive edge. Sports analytics today is focused primarily on evaluating metrics thought to be directly tied to performance. Injuries indirectly decrease performance and cost substantially in terms of wasted salaries. READ MORE