Winter Olympics are a double-edged sword for China

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics

Headline CHINA: Winter Olympics are a double-edged sword

Winter Olympic boycott increases corporate pressures

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
The Us ◽  
Olympic Boycott

Significance The US-led diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in February will increase the pressure on US companies to decide whether China or the United States is their more valuable market. Some of that pressure to decide is coming from employees and customers in both countries. Impacts More frequent and sharper confrontations between US companies and China could accelerate the decoupling of the two economies. Renewed emphasis on human rights concerns will encourage the further shifting of some supply chain elements out of China. Consumer brands are particularly vulnerable to human rights concerns, as are their suppliers.

North Korea Winter Olympics optimism will soon fade

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics

Headline NORTH KOREA: Winter Olympics optimism will soon fade

Moon’s Australia trip highlights Seoul’s dilemmas

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics

Significance In raw materials, their needs complement each other: Canberra seeks reliable markets for raw materials; Seoul has supply concerns. Although Australia is much more open about expressing concerns about China, South Korea shares many of them in private. Impacts South Korea will neither join the Quad nor boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics. Plans to cooperate on ‘green steel’, using hydrogen, may prove expensive and difficult. A formal peace treaty with North Korea is not coming any time soon, contrary to Moon's claims.

Effects of ICTs in mega events on national image formation: the case of PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Soo Kim ◽  
Jin Yong Choi ◽  
Chulmo Koo
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Image ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Future Behavior ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Smart Tourism

Purpose Among a wide array of information and communication technologies (ICTs) used to directly or indirectly support the mega events are reality boosting technologies and smart tourism technologies. Building upon the halo effect, this study aims to explain the connection between satisfaction with ICTs used in mega event, national image and event participants’ future behavior. Design/methodology/approach The analyzed data included survey responses from 246 foreigners who visited PyeongChang as a visitor for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Findings The results showed that both reality boosting technologies and smart tourism technologies directly or indirectly influence overall experience satisfaction by way of transaction satisfaction. Furthermore, the two types of satisfaction were found to positively influence the national image of the host country, which consequently has a positive effect on visitors’ future behavior. Originality/value This study aimed to explore two different roles of ICTs in mega events by focusing more on the visitors who came to PyeongChang for the Olympics. The originality of this study lies in its attempt to examine the mechanisms in which visitors’ satisfaction from ICT-based experiences in mega events contributes to forming a positive image toward the host country.

scholarly journals Strategic analysis of medal markets at the Winter Olympics

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 229-252
Author(s):  
Andreas Christoph Weber ◽  
Veerle De Bosscher ◽  
Simon Shibli ◽  
Hippolyt Kempf
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
National Level ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Speed Skating ◽  
Cross Country

Purpose This paper aims to propose the concept of market potential analysis, which is commonly applied in economics, as a method to enable these investment decisions to be based on sound evidence. Design/methodology/approach The markets for Olympic awards, i.e. medals (top three places) and diplomas (i.e. top eight places) are compared in alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country, speed skating, freestyle skiing, short track and snowboarding from 1992 to 2018. Findings The most notable changes are identified in cross country (2002), biathlon (2006), freestyle skiing (2014), snowboarding (2006 and 2014) and speed skating (2018). Originality/value In spite of the evidence of nations investing strategically in their elite sport systems to produce Olympic success, there is a lack of knowledge on how national-level decision makers can use a strategy to analyse the competitive environment concerning sports contested in the Olympic Winter Games.

Systemic obstacles will thwart reforms in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Political Right

Subject Domestic politics in South Korea. Significance The unending North Korea crisis risks distracting attention from South Korea, vital in its own right as the world’s eleventh-largest economy and fifth-largest exporter. Politics in Seoul have stabilised after a fraught period leading to the impeachment last year of President Moon Jae-in’s now jailed predecessor, Park Geun-hye, but the country faces a raft of formidable challenges, old and new. Impacts With five separate centre-left parties, a more united political right will probably make gains in local elections in June. North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics carries risks and has in part backfired already. Seoul's key foreign relationships -- those with Washington, Pyongyang, Beijing and Tokyo -- will pull Moon in different directions.

The More Control, the Better?

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeeyun Oh ◽  
Mun-Young Chung ◽  
Sangyong Han
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Design ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Story Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High User ◽  
User Control ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Control Versus ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Despite of the popularity of interactive movie trailers, rigorous research on one of the most apparent features of these interfaces – the level of user control – has been scarce. This study explored the effects of user control on users’ immersion and enjoyment of the movie trailers, moderated by the content type. We conducted a 2 (high user control versus low user control) × 2 (drama film trailer versus documentary film trailer) mixed-design factorial experiment. The results showed that the level of user control over movie trailer interfaces decreased users’ immersion when the trailer had an element of traditional story structure, such as a drama film trailer. Participants in the high user control condition answered that they were less fascinated with, absorbed in, focused on, mentally involved with, and emotionally affected by the movie trailer than participants in the low user control condition only with the drama movie trailer. The negative effects of user control on the level of immersion for the drama trailer translated into users’ enjoyment. The impact of user control over interfaces on immersion and enjoyment varies depending on the nature of the media content, which suggests a possible trade-off between the level of user control and entertainment outcomes.

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