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Preserving and Extending the Commodification of Football Supporter Relations: a Cultural Economy of Supporters Direct [PDF]

This paper examines the role of Supporters Direct, a sports policy initiative launched by the British Labour government in 2000. The objective of Supporters Direct is to democratise football clubs by intervening in what it views as the unequal ...
David Kennedy, Peter Kennedy
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Loneliness and the Customer Journey: Toward a Framework for Customer Experience Management

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can customer experience (CX) frameworks be used to understand and support service firms to mitigate loneliness and social isolation? This paper addresses this question by developing the Lonely Customer Journey, a conceptual framework that uses the Touchpoints‐Context‐Qualities (TCQ) framework (De Keyser et al.
Nina Veflen, Lars Witell, Lars Fuglsang
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Cumulative Head Trauma and Self‐Reported Parkinsonism and Parkinson's Disease in Former Soccer Players

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Cumulative head trauma, encompassing repetitive head impacts (RHI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), has been associated with later‐life neurodegenerative disease. Studies on parkinsonism/Parkinson's disease (PD) have evaluated RHI and TBI in isolation, yielding mixed results.
Annalise E. Miner, Matthew J. Kmiecik, Niharika Namburi, Nathaniel Dunckley, Charles H. Adler, Erika D. Driver‐Dunckley, Christopher J. Nowinski, Joshua Gottesman, Yorghos Tripodis, Robert A. Stern, Ann C. McKee, Thor D. Stein, Jesse Mez, Farren B.S. Briggs, Michael L. Alosco   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women's Career Pathways to Nonprofit Leadership Positions

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines women's leadership career pathways in nonprofit sport organizations. Drawing on a narrative approach and reflexive thematic analysis of 22 semi‐structured interviews with Finnish women leaders, we identify four career types—Progressive Growth Career, Mission Enthusiast, Externally Catalyzed Career, and Chance‐Driven Growth ...
Marjukka Mikkonen, Päivikki Kuoppakangas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Down, Set, Hike: The Economic Impact of College Football Games on Local Economies [PDF]

This paper provides an empirical examination of the economic impact of spectator sports on local economies. Confirming the results of other ex post analyses of sports in general, this paper finds no statistically significant evidence that college ...
Robert Baade, Robert Baumann, Victor Matheson   +2 more
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Main‐chain polyfullerenes: Taking fullerene to the next dimension

Polymer International, EarlyView.
This short review appraises main‐chain polyfullerenes. Their slow development over 30 years has suddenly boomed with a rapid growth due to exciting developments in solar energy. Abstract This mini‐review gives an overview of the development, chemistry, properties and applications of main‐chain polyfullerenes.
Marco Antônio GB Gomes, Orisson Ponce Gomes, Patricia Targon Campana, Didier Bégué, Roger C Hiorns   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Automated Lawn Maintenance: An Agronomic and Operational Review of Turf Health, Biodiversity, and Field Performance

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grass mowing is one of the most resource‐consuming activities in green maintenance, whether in private areas such as home gardens or in public spaces like urban parks. In recent years, concerns related to climate change, human health, and sustainability have become increasingly prominent in green maintenance, leading manufacturers and industry
Andrea Palladini, Lorenzo Guerrini, Marco Fontanelli, Lucia Bortolini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Behaviour and Risk Taking in Football [PDF]

This article develops a dynamic game-theoretic model of optimizing strategic behaviour by football teams. Teams choose continuously between defensive and attacking formations and between a non-violent and a violent playing style. Starting from the end of
Stephen Dobson, John Goddard
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Anthem Protests, MAGA, and BLM on NFL Attendance

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the San Francisco 49ers' final preseason game. The protest quickly became league‐wide, and inspired similar actions by players in the WNBA, NWSL, NBA, college football and other professional sports.
Oskar Harmon, Jungbin Hwang
wiley   +1 more source