CSR : a new governance approach for regulating professional sport ? : the case of french professionnal sports clubs

The purpose of this paper is to examine the CSR practices and their implementation in the context of French professional sports clubs. In doing so, it analyses the link between the governance of sports clubs and CSR, which is viewed as a component of governance expanded to stakeholders and contributing to the creation of shared value. Drawing on interview data with key stakeholders of four professional sport clubs (football and basketball) and secondary material, the study sheds light on the determinants, the implementation as well as the impact of CSR on the governance of the professional clubs under examination.

Desenvolupament d'una aplicació Android per a la gestió d'esdeveniments esportius utilitzant una plataforma de serveis al núvol

L'objectiu del projecte és donar una alternativa específicament dissenyada per gestionar trobades d'esports col·lectius, creant una aplicació amb tecnologia Android que tingui una doble funció: • Gestionar l'organització d'aquestes trobades per part d'un usuari que farà d'administrador, podent donar d'alta diversos grups d'usuaris i trobades associades per a cadascun dels grups. • Consultar els grups per als que cada usuari està inclòs, consultar la informació referent als usuaris i trobades de cadascun d'aquests grups i poder respondre a les interaccions que proposi l'adminstrador del grup. • Desenvolupar tot el projecte amb eines de codi obert. Quant a l'àmbit personal, l'objectiu és fer una introducció en el món de les aplicacions per a mòbils, concretament en la tecnologia Android i també en l'ús de serveis d'emmagatzemament de dades al núvol (Cloud Services), en aquest cas de la plataforma Appcelerator.

Professional sports and gambling regulation in Finland - Examining the institutional factors of gambling affecting professional sport clubs in Finland

This study examines how to institutional environment of gambling is currently in motion both in Europe and Finland. Furthermore, it examines the criticism by Finnish professional sport clubs directed towards the national gambling monopolies, especially Veikkaus Oy. This criticism addresses the acclaimed issue of low or non-existing sponsorship funds coming to the clubs despite the clubs’ duties to promote Veikkaus Oy in their stadiums etc. In essence the main research objective was to examine the interaction and institutional environments of both Finnish professional sport clubs and gambling regulation. This was done through three sub-objectives: 1) to analyze professional sport as business and its institutional environment 2) to analyze the institutions of gambling in their current state and their potential future 3) to evaluate the potential impact of an institutional change in gambling legislation to the professional sport clubs The findings from Finland were then compared to those of Denmark where an institutional change had occurred in gambling regulation. Empirical data was collected through multiple interviews. Interviewees represented sport clubs (7), sport association (1), sport league (1), Finnish monopoly representatives (2), commercial gambling providers (1), Danish monopoly system representatives (1), Danish sport club (1). In addition a vast amount of secondary data (e.g. Green and white books by EU, court decisions, a variety of studies etc.). Theoretically this study combines the aspects of institutional theory with the theory of professional sports as business. This proved to be a rather new approach and no published literature was found to have done specifically this. The findings of this study are twofold, on the European level it is clear that the momentum if towards a more liberated gambling market while Finland is at the moment trying to go the opposite direction and uphold its monopoly. From the sport club’s level the findings suggest that currently sport clubs do not directly benefit from the funds originated from Veikkaus Oy as these funds are more or less used on the association/league levels. However, the clubs themselves are also lacking in self-criticism as they are lacking in clear sponsorship packages/programs which Veikkaus Oy might be interested in participating. If liberation of the gambling market would occur it is highly possible that that the largest clubs in football and ice-hockey would be the main beneficiaries while smaller clubs and sports could possibly be worse off than currently. These interpretations were well supported by the findings from Denmark.

Descriptive analyses of piano works for the use of teachers, players, and music clubs by Edward Baxter Perry

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Les Clubs de « Manches de ligne » et du Dr Geoffrion : sociabilités gaies, discours publics et répression dans la région de Montréal, 1860-1910

Ce mémoire documente l’émergence d’une sous-culture gaie masculine dans la région montréalaise entre 1860 et 1910 et s’intéresse aux discours et à la répression envers les hommes ayant des comportements homosexuels ou d’inversion de genre. Par l’analyse de sources journalistiques, judiciaires et juridiques, il déconstruit une série de préjugés, notamment à l’égard des sources, présumées pauvres; du discours public sur les comportements homosexuels, supposé inexistant; et des hommes qui avaient ces comportements, que plusieurs imaginent invisibles et isolés les uns des autres. Il montre au contraire que des archives variées révèlent une vie « gaie » et le déploiement d’une opinion publique à son égard. Ainsi, l’analyse d’un important corpus d’articles de journaux et une étude de cas portant sur deux des plus anciens clubs homosexuels connus au Québec, démantelés en 1892 et en 1908, confirment l’existence de réseaux de sociabilités « gaies » dans la région montréalaise, dès le XIXe siècle. Ce faisant, il dévoile l’existence de pratiques caractéristiques des sous-cultures gaies telles que l’usage d’un vocabulaire spécifique ou l’adoption de manières efféminées par certains hommes que l’on qualifierait aujourd’hui d’homosexuels.

Esport. Cultura i contracultura : un estudi a trav??s del model dels horitzons esportius culturals

Contiene fotograf??as y esquemas. Resumen tomado del autor

Jocs funeraris esportius en les tombes pintades de Paestum.

Resumen tomado del autor. Se muestra fotografía de pinturas en paredes de tumbas de la ciudad

Mètode d'autoavaluació per a la valoració de l'oferta de programes i serveis esportius.

Resumen tomado del autor

La gestió pública i privada dels espais esportius a les comunitats autònomes i els sistemes locals.

Resumen tomado del autor. Aparecen tablas de datos

Estudi dels espais esportius per a l'Educació Física : proposta de planificació als centres escolars de la província de Lleó.

Resumen tomado del autor. Contiene tablas, gráficas y esquemas