sahar pirjamadi; Habib Honari; gholam ali kargar; Gholamreza Shabani Bahar
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The purpose of this study was to identify the growthchallenges of sport start-up businesses in Iran. The study is an exploration research and is considered as qualitative. The research data were collected through subjective sampling and based on deep semi-structured interviews with experts in this field ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify the growthchallenges of sport start-up businesses in Iran. The study is an exploration research and is considered as qualitative. The research data were collected through subjective sampling and based on deep semi-structured interviews with experts in this field (all startups managers, science and technology parks, growth centers, university professors, elites in the field of sport entrepreneurship). The number of participants reached 21 using the theoretical saturation index and the findings were analyzed by grounded theory in coding process included three steps: open, axial and selective coding. Findings indicate that categories such as innovation and idea generation, specialist human capital, organizational and individual aspect, and the specialized unit of the country's sports startups as contextual factors and Categories such as structural and governmental, Hard infrastructure, Strategic and environmental factors and Entrepreneurship centers and sports start-up in federations and... as interferer factors were recognized for the growth of start-up sport businesses in Iran. That can help to employment creation, sport development, growth and revival of sport startups and the country's economic sustainable growth under sanction.
Zahra sadat Mirzazadeh; Mohammad kashtidar; Adel Rahmanpour
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Startups play a key role in reducing unemployment and economic growth. Governments have been turning to college student startups since the early twentieth century.Field Research and Experience The student startups at the universities of the country express the lack of flourishing. The purpose of this ...
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Startups play a key role in reducing unemployment and economic growth. Governments have been turning to college student startups since the early twentieth century.Field Research and Experience The student startups at the universities of the country express the lack of flourishing. The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the growth of sports science startups in Iran using network analysis technique.The statistical population of this study consisted of experts in student startups, professors and students of management of sport science faculties of Iran and were selected as snowball sampling. From in-depth interviews with experts and research backgrounds, 41 factors were identified and classified into 6 clusters as effective factors. The data were analyzed with the help of experts and software from SuperDisign and SPSS. The experts prioritized the clusters in the order of individual founding factors, college learning environment, academic economics, technology and communication, facilities and social and cultural settings. In the overall ranking below the criteria, the Founder of Social Up and Emotional Intelligence Startup was ranked as the most important priority and the family support for sport was the least important. It is recommended to launch a network called Sports Industry and Community Needs to apply student research results and increase student motivation and innovation.