Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 332 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781781008690
Content:
The Olympic Games is a unique event centering global interest on its host city. The financing of the Games has changed dramatically since Munich (1972) and economic interests and effects are increasingly paramount. It is therefore an anomaly that accurate economic analysis and comparison is not readily available. This is the most detailed study on the economic implications of recent and future Olympic Games over four decades. Holger Preuss analyses the most important issues surrounding the hosting of the Olympics, and its wider economic effects, including: * financial gigantism of the Olympic Games * commercialisation and its control * problems associated with achieving the Olympic requirements and standards * the economic legacy of Olympic Games * the feasibility of developing countries staging future Olympic Games * detailed post Olympic analysis of financial figures * conclusions on the economic related achievements of respective Organising Committees. Academics and researchers of sports economics, international economics, international business and competition will all find this fascinating book of great value. The rigorous and authoritative analysis ensures valuable information will be available for future bid cities, and in a wider context, any city planning to bid for a major sporting event. It will also appeal to those interested in the broader context of the Olympic Games and concerned by their commercialisation and gigantism
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-324) and index
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Contents: Preface / by Jacques Rogge -- Foreword / by Holger Preuss -- 1. Introduction: The situation of modern cities and the olympic games -- 2. Methodology: Justifications for use -- 3. Financing of the games: Interests, winners and losers -- 4. Growth and financial gigantism: The scale of the olympic games -- 5. Technique of measuring: The economic impact of olympic games -- 6. Tourism and exports: The sleeping giants -- 7. Investments and the reconstruction of a city: Burdens and opportunities -- 8. The great source of income: Revenues of the ocog -- 9. The flip side of the coin: Expenditures of the organizing committee -- 10. Jobs, jobs, jobs: Great opportunities or flash in the pan? -- 11. The olympic aftermath: Price increases and economic legacy -- 12. Reflections: The olympics today and the challenge for future hosts -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843768937
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845427221
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Preuß, Holger, 1968 - The economics of staging the Olympics Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2004 ISBN 1843768933
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
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Sports Science
Keywords:
Olympische Spiele
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Beschäftigung
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Finanzierung
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Tourismus
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Volkswirtschaft
;
Investitionsprogramm
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Preisniveau
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Geschichte 1972-2004
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Olympische Spiele
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Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise
;
Geschichte 1972-2008
URL:
Deutschlandweit zugänglich
URL:
Deutschlandweit zugänglich
Author information:
Preuß, Holger 1968-
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