Essays about: "elite sport"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 74 essays containing the words elite sport.

1. 41. Is there an economic value for elite sports? : The case of Swedish Hockey League

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Erik Åström; [2017]
   Keywords : Sports economics; Sweden; SHL; Ice Hockey; difference in difference; municipality; grp; unemployment; population growth;

   Abstract : The economic value of sport has long been an interesting subject to study. Proponents arguing there is big monetary return for a region hosting a professional sports team. However, majority of studies done on the subject point in the same direction where it seems economic return are negligible. READ MORE

3. 42. Talent Management in Sports - A qualitative analysis of Swedish sport federations

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Hang Nguyen; Beichen Chen; [2017]
   Keywords : talent management in sports; institutional logics in sports; talent definitions; talent identification; talent development;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore how Swedish sport federations define talent, how they conduct their talent management practices and which factors that affect talent definitions and talent management in different sports. To investigate this a theoretical framework is designed which merges the literature from the fields of talent definitions in business, talent management in sports and institutional logics in sports. READ MORE

4. 43. The Sponsorship Collaboration - A Game On Equal Terms? A qualitative study of gender-influence in football sponsorship collaborations

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Amanda Sochon; Anna Zdolsek; [2017]
   Keywords : Sponsorship; Sponsorship Collaboration; Women in Sport; Women s Football; Gender;

   Abstract : Corporate interest in sponsorship is continuously increasing globally and sport is receiving the largest portion. In Sweden, a country ranked as one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, 46 % of elite athletes are women but only 20 % of sport sponsorship resources are allocated to this group. READ MORE

5. 44. Controlling the journey from amateur to pro - Institutional work in sport organizations

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

   Author : Rikard Edvardsson; Michael Kestad; [2017]
   Keywords : Management Control; Sports; Professionalization; Institutional Work; Isomorphism;

   Abstract : In light of the professionalization of elite sports, the field has become divided into two parts, the amateur and the professional level, with differing conditions and logics that affect the design and use of management control systems (MCS). Taking a holistic view on how MCS develop in sport organizations that move from amateur to professional, we add to previous research on management control and sports that mainly has explored narrow topics of control. READ MORE

6. 45. Mental health among Swedish elite athletes : Depression, overtraining, help seeking, and stigma

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Anna Kask; Kristoffer Svanberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Mental health; elite athletes; depression; overtraining; help seeking; stigma;

   Abstract : There is a general perception in the public that mental health problems scarcely exist among elite athletes. The aim of this thesis was to investigate mental health among Swedish elite athletes with a particular focus on depression, overtraining, help seeking and stigma. READ MORE