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Optimal Strategies in Sports Economics and Management
. Ed(S): Butenko, Sergiy; Gil-Lafuente, Jaime; Pardalos, Panos M.
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Hardback. This book examines developments in several topics, including resource allocation strategies in sports industry, impact of the financial crisis on professional sports around the world, fairness in sports competitions and optimization-based gambling strategies. Editor(s): Butenko, Sergiy; Gil-Lafuente, Jaime; Pardalos, Panos M. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; PBKQ; TJFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
During the last century, we have witnessed the birth and evolution of sport as an economic activity, which has created jobs on the one hand, but also problems of management on the other. This process has not been immune from the parti- lar characteristics associated with sport, typically united here more than in other activities: technique, physical effort, entertainment and passion. And all this within a framework of ever-increasing consumption of ?nancial resources. It is not s- prising, therefore, that commonly-used economic models, based on mechanistic approaches, do not provide a viable solution to increasingly complex and incre- ingly frequent ... Read more
During the last century, we have witnessed the birth and evolution of sport as an economic activity, which has created jobs on the one hand, but also problems of management on the other. This process has not been immune from the parti- lar characteristics associated with sport, typically united here more than in other activities: technique, physical effort, entertainment and passion. And all this within a framework of ever-increasing consumption of ?nancial resources. It is not s- prising, therefore, that commonly-used economic models, based on mechanistic approaches, do not provide a viable solution to increasingly complex and incre- ingly frequent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642132049
SKU
V9783642132049
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