Document Type : Research Paper
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Master's degree student in sports management, University of Isfahan
Abstract
The overall objective of the study was to investigate the economic barriers to attracting foreign investment in professional football in Iran. The research method was mixed (qualitative-quantitative). In order to identify economic barriers to attracting foreign investment in football, articles published in the databases Human Kinetics, Science Direct, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Google Scholar were used. The keywords of foreign investment in production, development of professional clubs, investment in commercial sports and other appropriate keywords in both Persian and English were used to search for articles. Finally, 5 main components that were reported in more than eight studies were selected. Then, 12 experts were interviewed to identify indicators appropriate to the situation of professional football in Iran and 21 indicators were identified. In the next step, a questionnaire with 5 components and 21 items was developed and after confirming the validity and obtaining reliability with Cronbach's alpha of 87/. To rank the components, 118 experts and specialists in the field of stock exchange and investment were used voluntarily. The results showed that the lack of up-to-date foreign investment laws, the state-owned nature of clubs, the weakness in the legislative process, the inappropriateness of laws for global trade, and the lack of attention to global standards are the most important obstacles to attracting foreign investment in Iranian professional football. Therefore, providing the necessary platforms for foreign investment to provide financial resources in Iranian professional football through the development of up-to-date laws that are in line with global developments is essential.
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