Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PhD Student, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Payame Noor University, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Izeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Izeh, Iran
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Institute of Physical Education and Sports Science, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This study aimed to provide a qualitative model of factors affecting the development of sports knowledge-based companies. The research method is qualitative and based on data theorizing of the foundation. The statistical population included faculty members, Ph.D. students in sports management, and managers of knowledge-based companies, science and technology parks, sports and non-sports growth centers. The sampling method was initially targeted and then snowball. 14 in-depth and semi-structured exploratory interviews were conducted until the stage of theoretical saturation. Data analysis was performed by Strauss and Corbin (1998). By using the open coding technique, 205 initial concepts were identified. By categorizing these concepts, 86 subcategories were formed. In the axial coding phase, the final 28 categories were integrated into a data-based paradigm model. In the form of a paradigm model, causal conditions (trained workforce, entrepreneurial sports opportunity, personal characteristics, environmental relations), underlying factors (public culture, administrative system, economic, political, university conditions) Interventional factors (nature of sports industry, sports disorder of the country, target market situation, business environment, production, capability), strategies (globalization, transfer of clubs to the private sector, reform of laws, Empowerment of technology parks, promotion of marketing and branding capabilities), outcomes (sustainable development, development of the country's sports industry, economic growth) were identified. It is suggested that by introducing and physical education graduates and sports coaches to growth centers and science and technology parks and attracting government support, sports knowledge companies' development is provided so that with the development of the sports industry, the country's economic growth also be upgraded.
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