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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Contents |
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Contributors |
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Affinity in the Selection of a Player |
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Jaime Gil-Aluja and Anna M. Gil-Lafuente |
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1 Similarities and Affinities |
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2 Affinities with Imprecise Preferences |
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3 Affinity Indexes |
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4 Affinities with Confidence Triplets |
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5 Affinities and Groupings |
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6 Affinities by Distance in an Arborescence |
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7 Affinity in a Layered Graph |
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References |
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Game Systems in Team Sports |
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Jaime Gil-Lafuente |
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1 Concept and Content of Game Systems |
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2 Game Diagrams |
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3 Generalization of the Concepts of Our Diagrams |
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4 Paths and Cuts in Complex Diagrams |
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5 Partial Analysis of a Global Diagram |
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6 Modification of the Diagrams for the Game |
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7 Study of the Game by Zones |
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8 The Function of the Structure of a Game Diagram |
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9 Obtaining Minimum Schemes and Cutsfrom the Functional Structure |
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References |
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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Sport in North America |
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Brad R. Humphreys |
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1 Introduction |
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2 The Professional Sports Industry in Context |
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2.1 Determinants of Demand for Professional Sports |
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2.2 North American Professional Sports Leagues |
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3 The Dimensions of the Financial and Economic Crisis in North America |
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4 Impacts of the Financial and Economic Crisis |
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4.1 Attendance |
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4.2 Broadcast Revenues and TV Viewing |
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4.3 Franchise Values and Bankruptcy |
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5 Conclusions |
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References |
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Managing and Modeling the Combination of Resources in Professional Sporting Events |
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Lionel Maltese and Lucien Veran |
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1 Introduction |
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2 Transition of the RBV Approach, from an Asset-Based to a Relational Perspective |
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2.1 The ``Management View'': Dynamic Arrangement and Control of Co-specialized Assets |
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2.2 Business Model and Asset Combination |
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3 Method: Three Clinical Studies |
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3.1 The Open13. A Relational Control of Resources Shared with the Main Stakeholders |
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3.2 The BNP Paribas Masters. A Control of Resources, Which Are Not Shared and of Sporting Dependency |
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3.3 Roland Garros Control Through the Brand, Creation, and Maintaining the Dependence of the Main Stakeholders Involved |
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4 What the Clinical Studies Teach Us. Differentiated Combination and Control of an Identical Resource Pool |
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5 Conclusion |
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References |
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Governance and Sporting Success of Top 20 Football Clubs After Economic Crisis |
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Domenico Marino |
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1 Introduction |
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2 The European Market |
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3 The Governance of Sporting Activities |
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4 Baumol's Disease and a Simple Financial Fairplay Rule |
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5 Neural Networks and the Problem of Predicting Sporting Success |
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6 The Results of the Neural Classification and Conclusion |
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References |
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The Stadium Game in an Uncertain Environment: A Preliminary Look at Arena Discourse in Edmonton, Canada |
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Daniel S. Mason |
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1 Introduction |
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2 An Overview of the Stadium Game |
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3 A Proposed Arena Development Project in Edmonton |
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4 Method |
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5 Results |
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5.1 Economic Development |
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5.2 Civic Status |
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5.3 Civic Priorities |
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5.4 Financing |
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5.5 Economic Downturn |
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6 Emerging Frames |
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7 Discussion and Conclusions |
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References |
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A Complex Network Approach to Crisis Recovering in Sport Applications |
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Francesco Carlo Morabito |
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1 Introduction |
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2 Complex Networks: A Short Review |
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2.1 Some Basic Concepts |
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3 Network Economy |
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4 Crisis in the Framework of Complex Networks |
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5 Sport: A Network of Societies and Consumers |
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6 To Escape from Crisis |
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7 Conclusions |
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References |
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A Study of Fairness in Fourball Golf Competition |
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Patrick Siegbahn and Donald Hearn |
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1 Introduction |
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1.1 History of Handicapping |
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1.2 The USGA Handicap System |
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1.3 Team Golf |
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1.4 Assumptions |
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2 Previous Work |
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2.1 Dr. Clyne Soley |
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2.2 Dr. Francis Scheid |
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2.3 Trygve Bogevold and Dr. Richard Stroud |
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3 Data Collection |
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3.1 Data Source: Golfnet |
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3.2 Curve Fitting |
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3.3 Hole by Hole Distributions |
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3.4 Validation |
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4 Method |
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4.1 The Algorithm |
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5 Results |
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5.1 Hypotheses |
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5.2 Testing of the Hypotheses |
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5.3 Variance |
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5.4 Spread |
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5.5 Australian Tiebreaker |
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5.6 Handicap Allowance |
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6 Summary and Conclusion |
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6.1 Variance |
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6.2 Spread |
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6.3 Australian Tiebreaker |
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6.4 Handicap Allowance |
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7 Directions for Future Research and Improvements |
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References |
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Can Subsidies Help Buy Success? Revenue Sharing in English Football |
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Rob Simmons and Ian Walker |
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1 Introduction |
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2 The FA Cup |
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3 Model and Data |
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4 Empirical Results |
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5 Discussion and Conclusions |
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References |
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Commercial Football and the Economic Cycle |
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Stefan Szymanski |
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1 Introduction |
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2 The Economics of Football Management |
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3 The Impact of the Current Financial Crisis |
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4 Trends in Europe Across Time |
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5 Conclusions |
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References |
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Economics of Gambling on Sports: A Multistage Stochastic Programming Approach to American Jai Alai Gambling Strategies |
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Qipeng P. Zheng, Yingyan Lou, and Panos M. Pardalos |
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1 Introduction |
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2 Modeling Randomness in the Game |
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2.1 Game Results Simulation |
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2.2 Payoffs |
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3 Determination of Betting Strategies |
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3.1 Scenario-Based Multistage Stochastic Betting Strategy |
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3.2 Dynamic Programming Formulation and Optimal Policies |
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3.3 Other Betting Strategies |
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4 Numerical Examples |
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5 Conclusion |
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References |
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