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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Olympic Games"”.
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The Olympic Games and Business Enterprises
Research into sports mega-events, of which the Olympics is the modern archetype, has often focused on the macro-economic and regional economic effects of hosting the Games. This research suggests that the local promoters and organisers of the event seldom, if ever, fulfil their promises. Drawing …
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Avery Brundage and the 1936 Olympic Games
When Hitler came to power, the Olympic Games had already been awarded to Germany. In the early phase of Nazi rule, Jews were expelled from sport clubs, making it impossible for them to train for, or participate in, the 1936 Olympics. The Amateur Athletic Union and American Olympic Committee, the …
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Ambush Marketing in the context of the Olympic Games
… of this thesis is to discuss whether the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 (London Act) is a proportionate response to the threat of ambush marketing. The discussion of proportionality examines whether the Act has struck the correct balance between all of the key stakeholders and …
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Rescinding a Bid: Stockholm's uncertain relationship with the Olympic Games
… whether to launch a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. That Stockholm has contemplated launching a bid is not surprising from a regional perspective—the Olympic Games have not been held in a Scandinavian country since Lillehammer, Norway played host in 1994 and Sweden has never hosted the …
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Contesting sustainable community development through the Olympic Games in the era of globalization: The case of Daegwallyeong-myeon, host community of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games
… PyeongChang, host community for the 2018 Winter Olympics, focusing on the global and local interaction between the Olympic Games and Daegwallyeong-myeon, the local host community. Using qualitative method, namely critical ethnography, this study involved multiple types of data collected through …
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"Ice queens" and "snow studs": gender stereotypes and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
… of America experienced an unprecedented Winter Olympic Games, winning a total of 37 medals, including nine gold medals. American spectators included the 190 million who viewed the primetime Olympic televised coverage on NBC, and a portion of the 1.6 million in attendance (Vancouver, 2010). There …
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Analysis of the 1966 Summer Olympic Games on real estate markets in Atlanta
Among all sporting events, the Summer Olympic Games are the most watched event around the globe. Global participation, diversity of events and sheer athletic skill attract billions of viewers to the seventeen-day summer event. The increasing interest in the Games has only served to promote greater …
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Content analysis of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games' effects in the New York Times
… before, during and after the Beijing Summer Olympics. The research regarding how the Chinese government tried to leverage the Olympics to enhance its image is often deliberated. However, there have only been a 3 few studies on the evaluation of the effects the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic …
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A stakeholder approach to understanding the role of the Olympic Games in social development
Critics of the Olympic Games argue that rather than promoting the cherished values of Olympism, the Games have primarily been used as a means to leverage public funds to satisfy the economic interests of the elite, while typically returning to the community overdebtness of hosting the event, …
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Athletes mental skills and stress factors : in the preparation of competing at the Olympic Games
… mental skills and stress factors prior to the Olympic Games (OG). Sampling was obtained by an online survey, emailed to athletes aiming for the 2012 and 2016 OG. Participants were 33 athletes aged 16-45, from eight different sports, divided into two groups; athletes who qualified for the OG (n …
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Challenging Space through Activism: Scaling Local and Global Issues at the 2012 London Olympic Games
… study focuses on issues of space created by the Olympic Games in London and the ways in which activists demonstrated against these issues by using space to their advantage. The Olympic Games is a phenomenon that scales local, national and international space in various ways, through its effects …
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How to prepare an airport for the Olympic Games? : transportation of the Olympic Family Members
… Airport for and its performance during the Olympic Games in 2004. The analysis includes infrastructural modifications made and organizational restructuring processes undertaken. It also describes the rationale behind some of the decisions, as well as the implementation of certain specific …
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The Pandemic Olympics: A Thematic Analysis of COVID-19 and the Tokyo Olympic Games from a Canadian Perspective
Hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic presented a major crisis for the Olympic movement, both in Canada and around the world. The Pandemic led to an unprecedented postponement of the games and to widespread concern that the Tokyo Olympics could become a mega-spreader event. …
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Interagency collaboration in mass gatherings: the case of public health and safety organisations in the 2012 London Olympic Games
Mass gatherings such as the Olympic Games pose unique challenges for interorganizational collaboration. Such events often bring together organizations that collaborate irregularly or have never engaged in joint working. They involve interaction and collaboration among multiple and diverse agencies …
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Finding Balance: A Content Analysis of how Newspaper Authors Framed Simone Biles Before, During, and After the 2020 Olympic Games
… GOAT, Greatest of All Time, going into the 2020 Olympic Games. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Larry Nassar trial, and the weight of the world on her shoulders, Biles would withdraw from the women’s gymnastics team final competition for mental health reasons. Thus, the following study …
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Policymaking in the Egyptian Olympic Committee
This study analyzes policymaking in the Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC). Two prominent policies of the EOC are selected: preparing for the Olympic Games and boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games.
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