Identifying the cause and effect circles of investing in the sports industry by determining the effect of economic growth

Subject Areas : Production Management

Elnaz Sadeghi dizaj ¹ , Mohammad Rahim Najafzadeh ² , Jafar Barghi Moghadam ³ , َAli Reza Bafandeh Zendeh ⁴

1 - PhD Student in Sport Management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Management, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2024-01-09 Accepted : 2024-06-01 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: investment, Economic Growth, System Dynamics, Sports industry,

Abstract :

One of the most important indicators of real development and progress of countries is sports. Considering the gap of a comprehensive model in the organizations of the country and consequently the sports industry, in order to use the potential of investment and planning to achieve economic growth, there is a need for investigation and research. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to identify the cause and effect circles of investment in the sports industry by determining the effect of economic growth based on the dynamics of the system. And they were used for the analysis based on the systemic approach and the interactions between the components and subsystems of investment in the sports industry. The participants of the research were managers and experts in the field of sports industry, 20 of whom were purposefully selected as samples. Data analysis was done using Vansim software. The results of this research show that the investment system in the sports industry has the main subsystems of commercialization, privatization, infrastructure development, sports tourism and gaps in the market. In fact, these five subsystems are under the policies of the investment system in the sports industry; In other words, the policies of the investment sector in the sports industry act as the input of these subsystems. Also, the cause and effect circles obtained from the multiple subsystems of investment in the sports industry, draw the influencing variables and how they interact with each other and provide as a basis for the solution.