著者
加藤 清孝 葉 聰明
出版者
Japanese Association for Sport Management
雑誌
スポーツマネジメント研究 (ISSN:18840094)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2, no.1, pp.47-56, 2010

The Inter-High School Ski Championship, which is one of the biggest winter sports events in Japan, has faced difficulties in recent years. Few cities want to host the event because of the severe economic situation. From the sports tourism perspective, the championship is an important sports event because it can produce a positive economic impact on the host city through consumption by participants. However, there is little research conducted on the scale of the economic impact. Thus, the purpose of this research is to estimate the economic impact of the championship event on the host city.<br>According to the results of input-output analysis, the total economic impact of the participants' consumption and the expenses of hosting the championship were 187 million and 72 million yen, respectively. Thus, the total economic impact of the championship was estimated at 259 million yen: in total the event generated an income of 98 million yen for companies and individuals and tax revenues of 3 million yen for the local government of the host city.
著者
加藤 清孝 葉 聰明
出版者
Japan Society of Sports Industry
雑誌
スポーツ産業学研究 (ISSN:13430688)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.19, no.1, pp.67-73, 2009

Japan's first professional basketball league, the bj-league, was launched with 6 teams in 2005. The league has expanded its scale since that time. Many organizations in local cities intend to apply to expand franchise opportunities because the operation expense of a bj club is estimated to be 250∼300 million yen annually, which is much lower than that of other major professional sports leagues. However, it is still not easy for the organizations to enter the bj-league. Since the businesses of most local cities in Japan are still suffering from the long economic recession, finding enough investors to cover the expenses is not easy for them. Akita City also faces this situation. Even though an organization in Akita City has prepared to enter the bj-league, it suffers from a lack of investors. It is assumed that to present the economic impact of a bj club to the local business society would be very useful to getting the business society interested in the bj-league. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to estimate the economic impact of the proposed basketball club on Akita Prefecture. According to the results of the input-output analysis, economic impact, including the direct effects and the primary and secondary ripple effects, of the operation expenses of the club and hosting games at the home arena would be 253 million and 172 million yen, respectively. Thus, the total economic impact of the proposed club, was estimated as 425 million yen. The total economic impact will generate income of 170 million yen for companies and individuals, and tax revenues at 5 million yen for local governments in Akita.
著者
加藤 清孝
出版者
日本スポーツマネジメント学会
雑誌
スポーツマネジメント研究 (ISSN:18840094)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.1, no.1, pp.5-18, 2009-06-25 (Released:2010-07-30)
参考文献数
43
被引用文献数
1

The purpose of this study was to investigate influential factors for women who decided to participate in the women-only fitness club, Curves, with a qualitative research method. The qualitative data was collected with the semi-structured interview and analyzed based on the grounded theory approach using the concepts of self-presentation and the sport/exercise identity theory. The results indicated that there were five influential factors for interviewees to participate in Curves, such as 1) fears of men's eyes toward them in a mixed fitness club, 2) disgust for sweaty smell and body odor of men in a mixed fitness club, 3) the image incongruity between them and typical participants' of mixed fitness club, 4) the all fixed exercise program in Curves, and 5) the necessary time of the exercise program, less than 30 minutes, in Curves. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.