The multiphase leisure experience looks at the experience as a five phase process that includes anticipation, travel to, onsite behavior, travel from, and recollection. This continuum depicts a dynamic experience, one that evolves and matures across the five phases. The purpose of this study is to take this model and apply it to sport events. Understanding sport events as a multiphase experienc...

Abstract. The player of squash has a choice between two options when his/her opponent changes the score from 8:7 to 8:8. The player to receive has to decide whether to play until 9th or until 10th point. We observe in this paper that the score of the squash game can be modelled as a Markov chain. Thus using standard techniques of Markov processes, we can derive the optimal strategy for the squa...

the aim of this research was to investigate the role of formal education and extra curricular programs of physical education and sport sciences (msc courses) in providing entrepreneurial skills for postgraduates from senior students' viewpoint. statistical population of this research consisted of all senior students of general physical education (msc level) of all state universities of ira...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the gap between current and optimal status ambush marketing risk management in major sporting events. research method descriptive-causal comparative. statistical population all people who had experience leading sports caravans being a member executive board for holding From them 160 (by available-random method) were selected as sample. Data collection to...

Sport, like so many other facets of life, has been affected by globalisation. By crossing national boundaries, globalisation, often also termed modern imperialism or Americanisation (Donnelly, 1996), has the ability to affect sport's various processes. This becomes more evident during mega events and when observing the traditional winners or the strongest nations. Paul De Knop and Sandra Hartho...

Many colleges and universities have been facing increasingly tight budgets in recent years and have been struggling to provide more funding for their own athletic programs. In some cases, specific sport programs of a college or university have had to be terminated due to lack of monies appropriated from the central administration. Yield or revenue management is a method of assigning capacity or...