Research into “algorithmic discrimination” has largely dismissed the fact that algorithms are often developed and used by organizations. In this article, we show that organizational sociology can contribute to a more nuanced perspective on “algorithmic decision-making.” Drawing on the...

National sports associations in Slovakia are the umbrella organizations for individual types of sports and help achieve the objectives of public policies in the field of sports. In the Slovak Republic, these sports organizations are predominantly funded from public funds. This paper focuses on...

Sports participation does not produce benefits solely on a personal level but also numerous benefits on different societal levels, as well as the level of economies. The paper represents a contribution to the exploration of factors of individuals influencing regularity in sports participation. A...

Purpose: To use the project management approach for the management of the events and, particularly, to adapt the PM2 methodology to sports events.Design/methodology/approach: Theoretical analysis about whether a sport event is a project, and what must be fulfilled for it to be so. Theoretical...

This article discusses the evolution of Tour de France TV broadcasting. Over the course of 70 years, the duration, quality and scope of the race's coverage changed dramatically. Three periods are identified. In a first phase (1948-1967), Tour de France TV coverage was just a relatively small...

The current study explores direct spending profiles of sport event tourists in a very small rural destination as an alternative to the multiplier effect economic impact studies. Sport event tourism has been used as an economic engine tool by a variety of destination sizes but has been neglected...

Sports civic organizations are essential for Hungarian society, especially for young people's lives, constituting a crucial part of the corpus of civil society organizations. The performance and output of these were rarely examined; still, activity forms of an organization and their managerial...

This paper studies alternative empirical strategies for estimating the effects of organization design practices on performance, as well as the factors which determine organizational design, in a cross-section of firms. Our economic model is based on a firm where multiple organizational design...

In the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy, nearly 9% of output is not accounted for as payments to either physical capital or labor. The value of this output is a little larger than the value of the stock of physical capital. We build a model to measure how much of this output can be...

It can be argued that managing change is crucial for any organisation to survive and succeed in the present highly competitive and continuously evolving business environment. However, theories and approaches to change management currently available to academics and practitioners are often...

Over the years, the idea of corporate social responsibility has attracted the interest both of practitioners and researchers. While a discourse has occurred in the context of the meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there is no extensive analysis of the latest contributions. To...

Over the years, the idea of corporate social responsibility has attracted the interest both of practitioners and researchers. While a discourse has occurred in the context of the meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there is no extensive analysis of the latest contributions. To...

The current study attempted to determine if workforce diversity (inherent or acquired) and its inclusion practices (implementing fairness, belongingness, uniqueness, and diverse workplace climate) contribute to the innovativeness of the organizational climate. It also considered whether...

Over the past decade the number of maritime transportation accidents has fallen. However, as shipping vessels continue to increase in size, one single incident, such as the oil spills from 'super' tankers, can have catastrophic and long-term consequences for marine ecosystems, the environment...

This chapter examines legal, regulatory, and social issues surrounding the phenomenon of the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry in the USA. Traditional fantasy sports contests largely involved groups of family or friends creating their own respective “fantasy” teams of real professional...

This paper endogenizes coordination problems in organizations by allowing for both ex ante coordination of activities, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i) Task specialization and the division of labor is...

No good comparable data on sizes of cultural sectors of the countries of Europe exist. Still, local and national governments of Europe spend substantial resources on culture and cultural sectors contribute significantly to employment and national income. After briefly describing special features...

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the state of Nevada still has much to offer for sports law enthusiasts even after the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2018. Found in the Ninth Circuit, Nevada...

Morally speaking, employing Performance-Enhancing Medicines (PEMs) in sports is not acceptable because using these medicines in sports competitions is associated with negative legal consequences. However, due to rapid advances in the genetic modification technologies, there is a fear that these...

We present quantitative and qualitative evidence (field research) on university technology transfer offices (TTOs). These offices negotiate licensing agreements with firms to commercialize university-based technologies. A stochastic frontier production function framework is used to assess the...

Open source methods for creating software rely on developers who voluntarily reveal code in the expectation that other developers will reciprocate. Open source incentives are distinct from earlier uses of intellectual property, leading to different types of inefficiencies and different biases in...

The modern banking has never been exposed to event similar to the pandemic of Covid 19 and the massive disruption in different areas of operations due to this event. Until actual health crisis, within their regular activities the banks performed different stress test scenarios including...

Sports marketing at the centre of different markets -- Basics of sports marketing -- Performance aspects in sports marketing -- Prices and contracts in sports marketing -- Communication topics in sports marketing -- Distribution channels in sports marketing -- Perspectives of sport -...

Chapter 1 An Attempt to Introduction -- Chapter 2 Organisational Fields and Organisational Processes -- Chapter 3 Introduction to Organisation Structuralism -- Chapter 4 Fundamental properties of Organisational Structuralism: from homogeneity to autonomy -- Chapter 5 Methodological Foundations...