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In recent years, the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach has gained particular interest worldwide for understanding the context of entrepreneurship at the macro level. However, although the sports sector is gaining importance in the European Union and can improve people's health, generate employment, and contribute to countries' GDP, no research from this perspective has been found. Thus, this paper aims to analyze the influence of different indicators related to innovation on European Union countries' shared sport-related GDP (last data available from 2012 were used). The results showed that 12 solutions could explain 76% of the cases of high levels of shared sport-related GDP. The most important solution is the combination of high levels of creativity*high levels of knowledge and technology*high levels of business* high levels of infrastructure*high levels of human capital and research (consistency: 0.80; raw coverage: 0.50). Finally, some guidelines to develop a sport entrepreneurial ecosystem are proposed.
María Huertas González-Serrano; Josep Crespo-Hervás; Carlos Pérez-Campos; Ferran Calabuig. Entrepreneurial ecosystems for developing the sports industry in European Union countries. Journal of Business Research 2021, 136, 667 -677.
AMA StyleMaría Huertas González-Serrano, Josep Crespo-Hervás, Carlos Pérez-Campos, Ferran Calabuig. Entrepreneurial ecosystems for developing the sports industry in European Union countries. Journal of Business Research. 2021; 136 ():667-677.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Huertas González-Serrano; Josep Crespo-Hervás; Carlos Pérez-Campos; Ferran Calabuig. 2021. "Entrepreneurial ecosystems for developing the sports industry in European Union countries." Journal of Business Research 136, no. : 667-677.
Knowing the perceptions of users of sports services has always been an object of analysis within sports management. This paper attempts to analyse what influences the satisfaction and future intentions of fitness centre customers, beyond management variables, by using two different methodologies. A sample of 389 users of a private sports centre was used. Both linear relationships between variables and the combination of sets were analysed using fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis fsQCA. It is concluded that management variables (service quality, satisfaction and perceived value) are very important for the prediction of management models, but that, according to the interaction methodology between variables, both frequency and sociodemographic variables play an important role in achieving satisfied and loyal users of the sports service. For the prediction of customers’ future intentions, within the analysed sets, it is observed that satisfaction and perceived value are the most predictive variables (raw coverage 0.66). Therefore, and as a consequence, a high number of satisfied and loyal users of the service will allow the economic viability of this service to be achieved.
Fernando García-Pascual; Carlos Pérez-Campos; Joaquín García Sánchez; Ana Soto-Rubio; Sergio Aguado Berenguer. Models of Sports Management in Fitness Centres. Influence of Sex, Age and Sport Frequency. Linear Models vs. Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8995 .
AMA StyleFernando García-Pascual, Carlos Pérez-Campos, Joaquín García Sánchez, Ana Soto-Rubio, Sergio Aguado Berenguer. Models of Sports Management in Fitness Centres. Influence of Sex, Age and Sport Frequency. Linear Models vs. Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):8995.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFernando García-Pascual; Carlos Pérez-Campos; Joaquín García Sánchez; Ana Soto-Rubio; Sergio Aguado Berenguer. 2021. "Models of Sports Management in Fitness Centres. Influence of Sex, Age and Sport Frequency. Linear Models vs. Qualitative Comparative Analysis." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 8995.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the nationality and the sport education system could affect the entrepreneurial intentions (EI) of undergraduate sport science students in two different countries. Design/methodology/approach A total of 249 undergraduate sport sciences (SS) students from Spain and Lithuania were analysed. The EI questioner questionnaire by Liñán and Chen (2009) was used to compile the data during the 2016-2017 academic year. Findings There are significant differences between the sport science students of Spain and Lithuania. The Lithuanian students have significantly higher means in the variables of EI, perceived behaviour control and professional attraction. Moreover, the variables that predict EI are different, and certain path coefficients of the variables are also significantly different. Research limitations/implications The sample originates from one university in each country; therefore, these results may not be generalisable to the entire population. Practical implications The SS degrees in Lithuania and Spain should follow different educational policies with the objective of fostering EI and increasing the number of entrepreneurs. Social implications Creating adequate educational policies to foster entrepreneurship in sports across countries could improve the number of entrepreneurs in the sports sectors; thus, the youth unemployment rate will decrease. Originality/value There has been no previous research that analyses the EI of sport science students across contexts through the theory of planned behaviour. Moreover, there are no studies that compare the EI of university students between Spain (Western Europe) and Lithuania (Eastern Europe).
María Huertas González-Serrano; Irena Valantine; Josep Crespo Hervás; Carlos Pérez-Campos; Ferran Calabuig Moreno. Sports university education and entrepreneurial intentions. Education + Training 2018, 60, 389 -405.
AMA StyleMaría Huertas González-Serrano, Irena Valantine, Josep Crespo Hervás, Carlos Pérez-Campos, Ferran Calabuig Moreno. Sports university education and entrepreneurial intentions. Education + Training. 2018; 60 (5):389-405.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Huertas González-Serrano; Irena Valantine; Josep Crespo Hervás; Carlos Pérez-Campos; Ferran Calabuig Moreno. 2018. "Sports university education and entrepreneurial intentions." Education + Training 60, no. 5: 389-405.