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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Competitive Balance"”.
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Regulating competitive balance in sport
… from every section of society 1. Maintaining competitive balance in sport is essential in preserving its long term survival. A higher uncertainty of outcome in contests is likely to result in greater spectator demand and increased revenues; whereas an imbalanced competition will eventually …
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The dynamic competitive balance ratio as a new method of understanding competitive balance and fan attendance
… Stemming from the UOH, came the idea of competitive balance, the concept that there is a relative level of equality in on-field strength between teams in a league (Forrest & Simmons, 2002). Key questions which arise from this literature include: “In what manner can competitive balance be …
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Competitive balance in complex professional sports leagues
Competitive balance is seen as crucial to the viability of professional sports leagues, and it has been a central concern of sports economists, industry practitioners and fans. But the concept is complex and ill-defined. The theoretical approach in this thesis is to first analyse competitive …
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Competitive balance solutions in interscholastic athletics in Illinois: a historical-interpretative analysis
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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The many dimensions of competitive balance and the attendance of major league baseball
This research proposed a set of measures of Competitive Balance which aims to address three dimensions of Competitive Balance: Closeness, Dominance and Consistency. Longitudinal MLB data is used for empirical evaluation purpose. The matched pair of teams is used as the basic research object in this …
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The lazy root : Will a change in the rainfall regime or increased anthropogenic nitrogen result in an alteration in the competitive balance between trees and grassed in a semi-arid South Africa savanna?
In an attempt to determine why trees and grasses are able to coexist in savannas, Walter (1971) first proposed the root niche separation model for savannas which suggests that trees and grasses have differential access to water due to spatial differences in their rooting profiles. Subsequent …
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A quantitative analysis of sports tournament designs
… the relative strengths of the competitors (competitive balance); and theassignment of teams to individual matches or groups (seeding). Tournament outcomeuncertainty is measured using the tournament outcome characteristic which is theprobability that a particular team in the top 100# …
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Rebalancing the Major League Baseball Through Social Investment
… Major League Baseball (MLB) that threaten its competitive balance and the sustainability of its operations. Through an extensive data-driven analysis, this research identifies the foundational causes of the current imbalances that disproportionately favor financially robust teams and …
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Sports analytics and optimization for team formation problems
… that this formulation prescribes a realistic and balanced team by using a case study from the 2019-2020 NBA off-season. Then, we develop a multi-team formation model that addresses decisions of multiple teams simultaneously, preference of free agents regarding selecting their team, and other …
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An investigation of the determinants of demand for UEFA qualifiers from 2012 to 2017
… to 2017, inclusive. Previous research suggests competitive balance, economic factors, quality of viewing, and scheduling are important factors in increasing domestic football attendance. To date, limited attention has been paid to these factors and international football matches. This thesis …
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A Monte Carlo Analysis of Cost Competitiveness of Chinese and U.S. Fine Chemical Exports to Europe Under Europe’s Energy Crisis
… and logistics costs interacted to shape the cost competitiveness of U.S. and Chinese fine chemical exports to Europe, using a Monte Carlo simulation parameterized with historical data from 2015-2023, to provide a probabilistic forecast of competitive outcomes. The findings revealed that while …
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Changes in the invertebrate populations, fish populations, and water chemistry of a small stream above and below two impoundments
… dynamics alterations may have also influenced competitive interactions among benthic organisms and fish. The direct influence of physiochemical alterations appeared to be masked by energy-related alterations; however, alterations in physiochemical factors may have caused minimal changes in …
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The role of denitrification in the nitrogen cycle of New England salt marshes
… was stimulated by the excess N, shifting the competitive balance toward denitrification.
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The role of frontal-striatal circuits in instrumental behaviour
… and habitual aspects and there may be a competitive balance between these dual influences. Degrading contingencies between actions (A) and their outcomes (O) challenges beliefs about cognitive control and can be used to distinguish between behaviour that is goal-directed or habitual. In …
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Blood host preferences and competitive inter-species dynamics within an African malaria vector species complex inferred from signs of animal activity around aquatic larval habitats distributed across a gradient of fully domesticated to fully pristine ecosystems in southern Tanzania
… blood source for this non-vector, giving it a competitive advantage over An. arabiensis where this antelope is abundant. Despite being detected less frequently, bushpig were also positively associated with high proportions of An. quadriannulatus, suggesting they provide a second preferred blood …