Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 MSc, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department, Humanities Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose: Entrepreneurship is a process that plays a vital role in the continuity of national growth and even economic development of the world. Therefore, the goal of the present study was "Analysis the entrepreneurship value chain of sports sciences students in Tehran universities."
Methodology: The research method in the study was the descriptive – correlative type. The study's statistical population included all professors and graduate students of sports universities in Tehran (N=1000), among whom 270 individuals were selected using stratified random sampling proportionate to volume. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on a value chain model. Also, path analysis was used by Lisrel to design the model.
Findings: The results showed that the basic infrastructure of the sports entrepreneurship value chain directly affected support activities with a path coefficient of 0.67 and executive activities with a path coefficient of 0.53 (P<0.05). Besides, value chain support activities of sports entrepreneurship directly affected executive activities related to sports entrepreneurship value chain with a path coefficient of 0.41 (P<0.05). Due to the direct and indirect impact of basic infrastructure on organizational activities of the sports entrepreneurship value chain, the officials of Tehran universities must take appropriate measures to reinforce the essential infrastructure for graduate students of sports sciences in Tehran universities.
Originality: This article is valuable and unique because it analyzes the Value Chain of Sports Sciences Students in Tehran Universities.
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