Ensuring the Long-Term Sustainability Cooperation with Stakeholders of Sports Organizations in SLOVAKIA

Varmus, Michal; Kubina, Milan; Koman, Gabriel; Ferenc, Patrik

doi:10.3390/su10061833

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“…Two of the most difficult tasks identified in the long-term management of sports organizations are dealing with people and having sufficient financial provision. In this context, the building of a stable and sustainable core of the organization, through appropriate cooperation with the stakeholders, has a significant impact on its success [43].…”

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Best Practices for Fitness Center Business Sustainability: A Qualitative Vision

2020

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The growing interest in fitness services is demanding optimal service management and operation. This research aims to identify the best practices in fitness center management for increasing customer engagement and for long-term stability and sustainability of the business. A qualitative approach through 23 semi-structured interviews to fitness center managers was performed in Spain, covering private centers with diverse business models (7 low-cost, 13 mid-market, and 3 premium). The managers were asked about their characteristics, the fitness center characteristics, and the managerial decisions and individual opinion. The results showed the best practices divided into five sections: customer service, offered service, marketing, facilities, and general terms and conditions. Kind customer service, the existence of loyalty programs, enough tangible quality, and online marketing strategies are essential for fitness centers’ success. Additionally, a fair fee and a maximum of a 15 min trip to the center should be guaranteed. This information has clear implications for promoting sporting habits and for engaging more people in physical activity, complementing the extensive quantitative data in the existing literature.

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Section: Best Practices In Fitness Centersmentioning

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Best Practices for Fitness Center Business Sustainability: A Qualitative Vision

2020

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“…The last step encompasses the classification of resulting variants in descending order according to the very quantification (see Table 9). Table 9 illustrates the findings containing individual utility function values sorted in the descending order [30]. Analogously to the TOPSIS method, the highest value is allocated to Makro Cash & Carry even according to the WSA method.…”

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Streamlining possibility of transport-supply logistics when using chosen Operations Research techniques

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The subject of this article is to model and streamline processes in the area of the transport-supply logistics in a specific enterprise. The topic of the manuscript was implemented in a particular enterprise with the residence in the city of České Budějovice (South Bohemia region). The aim of the article is to step by step analyze the current state of the supply logistics of the specific subject and propose appropriate measures contributing to optimize the entire process using selected techniques of the Operations Research. By applying the methods of multi-criteria decision analysis (such as Weighted Sum Approach and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution), the most attractive option is chosen; i.e. the optimal supplier for the implementation of the transport-supply process that will enhance the effectiveness of specific logistics activities in the operation being examined. The conclusion in detail discusses individual contributions in terms of the suggested ways of modeling and improving the current state with respect to supply processes in the selected enterprise.

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“…When this theory is applied to events, it highlights that sports event management, similar to other types of events, needs to serve multiple agendas, and events can no longer just meet the spectators' needs (Bowdin et al, 2011). According to Varmus et al (2018), managing relationships with stakeholders is one of the key elements of organizational management. Emery (2011) identifies the main stakeholders in sports event contexts as sponsors, the media, government entities, service companies, volunteers, spectators and participating athletes.…”

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Organizing sports events: the promoters’ perspective

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Purpose This study aims to develop a battery of items that assess the factors affecting sports events’ success from the promoters’ perspective and a measurement tool that identifies these stakeholders’ main priorities based on the importance-performance analysis (IPA) framework. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted using mixed methods. In the first qualitative step, sports event management’s main dimensions were identified based on the existing literature and a comprehensive battery of corresponding items were developed via content analysis of interviews with experts. The second quantitative step focused on Lisbon, the 2021 European City of Sport. Promoters of 21 different medium or large sports events (number = 41 respondents) were asked to fill out a survey ranking each dimension’s items by performance and room for improvement. The IPA’s results are presented both for the overall sample and by promoter type (i.e. events with or without sports facilities). Findings The 46 items identified fall into the following three categories: sports infrastructure, city image and hospitality and event management (i.e. pre-event, event and post-event). Pre-event includes stakeholder management, organigram and responsibilities, business plan, marketing mix, risk assessment and sponsorship management. Sponsorship management stands out among the areas considered a priority by event promotors. Originality/value This study adds to the literature by offering a comprehensive approach to assessing empirically all stages of the event management process.

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Ensuring the Long-Term Sustainability Cooperation with Stakeholders of Sports Organizations in SLOVAKIA

Cited by 19 publications

References 74 publications

Best Practices for Fitness Center Business Sustainability: A Qualitative Vision

Best Practices for Fitness Center Business Sustainability: A Qualitative Vision

Streamlining possibility of transport-supply logistics when using chosen Operations Research techniques

Organizing sports events: the promoters’ perspective

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