scholarly journals Sustainability Management in Sports: The Effects of the Pandemic Crisis and Future Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jaradat ◽  
◽  
Teodora Odett Breaz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Sports ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Current Context

In the current context generated by the pandemic crisis, even the most profitable of professional sports have suffered huge losses. The very future existence of professional sport is threatened from a financial point of view, and after the end of the pandemic crisis there will certainly be voices that will call into question the profitability, if not the whole sustainability of professional sports. That is why managers need to rethink the importance of sports and the presentation of the positive effects it can have, so as to increase the interest and involvement of all stakeholders. This article is designed to support managers so as they can emphasize the importance of sports in the new global context from the perspective of sustainability.

scholarly journals Transition from Emotional to Rational Advertising for Food Products on the Romanian Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
A.F. Jităreanu ◽  
Elena Leonte ◽  
A. Chiran ◽  
Benedicta Drobotă
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Brand Advertising ◽  
Tangible Evidence ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Advertising helps to establish a set of assumptions that the consumer will bring to all other aspects of their engagement with a given brand. Advertising provides tangible evidence of the financial credibility and competitive presence of an organization. Persuasion is becoming more important in advertising. In marketing, persuasive advertising acts to establish wants/motivations and beliefs/attitudes by helping to formulate a conception of the brand as being one which people like those in the target audience would or should prefer. Considering the changes in lifestyle and eating habits of a significant part of the population in urban areas in Romania, the paper aims to analyse how brands manage to differentiate themselves from competitors, to reposition themselves on the market and influence consumers, meeting their increasingly varied needs. Food brands on the Romanian market are trying, lately, to identify new methods of differentiation and new benefits for their buyers. Given that more and more consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about what they eat and the products’ health effects, brands struggle to highlight the fact that their products offer real benefits for the body. The advertisements have become more diversified and underline the positive effects, from the health and well - being point of view, that those foods offer (no additives and preservatives, use of natural ingredients, various vitamins and minerals or the fact that they are dietary). Advertising messages’ diversification is obvious on the Romanian market, in the context of an increasing concern of the population for the growing level of information of some major consumer segments.

scholarly journals Methodology for the quantification of concrete sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 01006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Břetislav Teplý ◽  
Tomáš Vymazal ◽  
Pavla Rovnaníková
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Service Life ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Sustainability Management

Efficient sustainability management requires the use of tools which allow material, technological and construction variants to be quantified, measured or compared. These tools can be used as a powerful marketing aid and as support for the transition to “circular economy”. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) procedures are also used, aside from other approaches. LCA is a method that evaluates the life cycle of a structure from the point of view of its impact on the environment. Consideration is given also to energy and raw material costs, as well as to environmental impact throughout the life cycle - e.g. due to emissions. The paper focuses on the quantification of sustainability connected with the use of various types of concrete with regard to their resistance to degradation. Sustainability coefficients are determined using information regarding service life and "eco-costs". The aim is to propose a suitable methodology which can simplify decision-making in the design and choice of concrete mixes from a wider perspective, i.e. not only with regard to load-bearing capacity or durability.

Confronting a Mercantile Elite: Bourbon Reformers and the Merchants of Lima, 1765–1796

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (04) ◽  
pp. 519-558
Author(s):  
Patricia H. Marks
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Port City ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Colonial Peru ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Significant Change

After Spain’s defeat in the Seven Years’ War (1757-1763), when the British had occupied Havana and Manila, a series of territorial, commercial, and tax reforms brought significant change to the viceroyalty of Peru. Their economic effects have been matters for debate ever since. Some historians have emphasized their positive effects. Following promulgation of the Reglamento de comercio libre of 1778, the volume and value of European manufactures exported to the Pacific coast of Spanish South America increased. Lima and its port city, Callao, remained important as commercial centers of Spanish South America. But others suggest that the viceregal capital—home to a powerful mercantile elite, the magnates of the consulado (merchant guild) of Lima—suffered a decline in its economic fortunes, as did the entire viceroyalty. Support for this point of view was widespread in late colonial Peru. In spite of the evidence for growth, a rising chorus of complaint bemoaned the increasing poverty of the viceroyalty in general and Lima in particular. How can we account for this discrepancy?

scholarly journals Big Data, Big Problems: Analysis of Professional Sports Leagues’ CBAs and Their Handling of Athlete Biometric Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-81
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Brown ◽  
Natasha T. Brison
Keyword(s):  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
Sports Leagues ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
Professional Sports Leagues

The use and integration of wearable technology (wearables) into professional sports is increasing rapidly. At a minimum, the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS have all integrated wearables into their training. Teams’ hope the biometric data obtained from the wearables will sharpen athletic performance, create competitive advantages, enhance fan experience, and generate new revenue streams. However, to obtain these desired outcomes leagues must adequately protect their athlete’s biometric data (ABD).  The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the CBAs of the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS management of wearables and ABD. Specifically, this paper will discuss the potential gaps in protection of ABD within the CBA and explore whether federal and state laws are applicable to protect the data. Findings from this analysis improve our understanding of professional sport leagues management of ABD and expose the limitations of protection at the league, state, and federal level.

scholarly journals Direitos humanos, descolonialismo e a contribuição brasileira para (re)interpretação dos conceitos de asilo e de refúgio

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Eduardo Biacchi Gomes ◽  
Ane Elise Brandalise Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
American System ◽  
Brazilian Legislation ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Current Context ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Do So

O presente artigo tem por fim analisar, sob a ótica do descolonialismo, os avanços da legislação brasileira em relação aos critérios para concessão do asilo. Para tanto, parte-se do próprio conceito de descolonialismo e a sua aplicabilidade dentro do contexto atual para construção dos Direitos Humanos na América Latina, de forma a cotejar com a nova legislação brasileira em relação aos critérios para fins de concessão de asilo e de refúgio. Por fim, de forma a demonstrar a importância do tema frente ao Sistema Interamericano de Proteção aos Direitos Humanos, questionar-se-á quanto a possibilidade de referidos temas serem analisados por parte da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (Corte IDH). Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze, from the point of view of decolonialism, the advances of Brazilian legislation in relation to the criteria for granting asylum. In order to do so, it is based on the very concept of decolonialism and its applicability within the current context for the construction of Human Rights in Latin America, in order to compare with the new Brazilian legislation in relation to the criteria for granting asylum and refuge. Finally, in order to demonstrate the importance of the issue in the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights, it will be questioned whether the above-mentioned issues can be analyzed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

NEUTRINO PHYSICS: A STATUS REPORT

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (29) ◽  
pp. 4901-4927 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICCARDO BRUGNERA
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Physics ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status

In this paper we summarize the status of neutrino oscillations and neutrino direct mass searches from an experimentalist point of view. Emphasis is posed in the latest results and in the future perspectives.

scholarly journals Revenue Sharing in Major League Baseball: The Moments That Meant so Much

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane Rockerbie ◽  
Stephen Easton
Keyword(s):  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Small Market ◽  
Major League ◽  
Sports Leagues ◽  
Professional Sports Leagues

Revenue sharing is a common league policy in professional sports leagues. Several motivations for revenue sharing have been explored in the literature, including supporting small market teams, affecting league parity, suppressing player salaries, and improving team profitability. We investigate a different motivation. Risk-averse team owners, through their commissioner, are able to increase their utility by using revenue sharing to affect higher order moments of the revenue distribution. In particular, it may reduce the variance and kurtosis, as well as affecting the skewness of the league distribution of team local revenues. We first determine the extent to which revenue sharing affects these moments in theory, then we quantify the effects on utility for Major League Baseball over the period 2002–2013. Our results suggest that revenue sharing produced significant utility gains at little cost, which enhanced the positive effects noted by other studies.

scholarly journals Patients as strategic partners in hospital settings: Trust, participation, relational value, and loyalty

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Kwaku Ahenkora ◽  
Ernestina Armah ◽  
Frederick Santuoh ◽  
Theresa Sarpong ◽  
Confidence Atakro
Keyword(s):  
Patient Participation ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Relational Models ◽  
Managerial Implication ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Relational Value ◽  
Strategic Imperative

Objective: The need to motivate patients to participate as strategic partners in healthcare exists, and this has prompted the development of relational models of value creation. This study assesses the effect of trust-in doctor/nurse on patient participation as well as the outcomes on perceived relational value and loyalty.Methods: An empirical model from the patient’s point of view was designed and tested. Data were collected from 209 patients, who had attended public (10) and private (10) hospitals/clinics, and analyzed using the principles of structural equation modelling.Results: The results show that patients’ perception of trust-in-doctor/nurse is an antecedent of patient participation. Patient participation has positive effects on perceived patient relational value, and this subsequently affects patient satisfaction, affective commitment, and loyalty.Conclusions: The study shows that trust affects patient participation behaviour, and the outcome of this behaviour contributes to value creation and loyalty in service delivery. Managerial implication: Nurses and doctors who build trust and involve patients create relational value with them, which enable patients to experience satisfaction and commitment, and this leads to long term relationships with the hospital. The study indicates that building trust and promoting patient participation should be a strategic imperative for management. 

D∕H: Present Understanding and Future Perspectives, an Observer’s Point of View

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina M. Oliveira ◽  
H. Warren Moos ◽  
Michael E. Van Steenberg ◽  
George Sonneborn ◽  
H. Warren Moos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Present Understanding

Sports Rescue: The South End Mustangs Professional Ice Hockey Team

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Chris Chard ◽  
Kirsty K. Spence
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Business Owner ◽  
Television Show ◽  
The South ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Sports Team

Three years ago, Steve Thornton purchased the South End Mustangs, a professional ice hockey team competing in the D1 division in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, Thornton has experienced challenging times during his ownership tenure. The team has achieved mediocre results on the ice and poor results off the ice. Thornton knows he needs help to turn the Mustangs franchise around. Thus, as a result, he turns to John Tapner, a sport business owner, operator, entrepreneur, and advisor. Tapner is best known as a professional sport consultant and TV personality, representing his company Sports Rescue, which is the same name as his hit television show. When an owner calls Tapner, it is because a professional sports team is in trouble and needs to be rescued.

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