Position paper: sports psychiatric care provision in competitive sports

Sports Competitive Intelligence and its Influence on China Competitive Sports

As a kind of strategic resource, competitive intelligence is a kind of information activity of higher level. "Competitive intelligence" and "sports information" "sports competitive intelligence", it is a new understanding and awareness of the old "sports information" in the new period, which belongs to the "intelligence" and "competitive intelligence" the subordinate concept. In this paper, com...

Contagious Infections in Competitive Sports

Many athletes believe that physical training enhances immunity and helps prevent upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) like the common cold or “flu” (influenza). They also believe that physical activity and fitness help them overcome any minor infections they do get. On the other hand, based largely on anecdotes and on popularization of a link between physical or psychological stress and “im...

Creating a Competitive Advantage in Sports Businesses: The Role of Input Sources, Market Position and Creativity

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of input sources, market position and creativity in creating a competitive advantage for sports businesses. This research was a descriptive-survey and in terms of practical purpose. The statistical population of this study consisted of managers of water sports recreational complexes in Tehran. To collect the data needed to test the hypothese...

Position paper: TV watching at sports bars as social interaction

For Interaction Analysis, the basic premise is that artefacts and technologies set up a social field within which certain activities become very likely, others possible, and still others very improbable or impossible. One of our central interests lies in understanding what kinds of activities and interaction particular material objects engender and support and how these change as different arte...

BACKGROUND PAPER Sports science and medicine: ethics