Purpose The purpose of this paper is to encourage scholarly inquiries to critically examine
broad perspectives of marketing and business operations in the sport industry of growing …

This meta-review examines the journeys that previous reviewers of the field of sports tourism
have take over the sports tourism research terrain. The contested nature of core concepts …

Accurate time-series forecasting during high variance segments (eg, holidays), is critical for
anomaly detection, optimal resource allocation, budget planning and other related tasks. At …

Reliable uncertainty estimation for time series prediction is critical in many fields, including
physics, biology, and manufacturing. At Uber, probabilistic time series forecasting is used for …

In recent years, major sporting and cultural events such as the Olympic Games have
emerged as significant elements of public policy, particularly in efforts to achieve urban …

While a mega-sport event is scheduled at least once every year somewhere in the world,
these events are rare occurrences for the host cities and countries. The benefits of such …

This book offers a distinctive introduction to understanding the position of sport in consumer
society. Drawing on recent developments in sociological theory and research, particularly in …

It is surprising that the sociological and social scientific study of sport–ritualized, rationalized,
commercial spectacles and bodily practices that create opportunities for expressive …

This article uses a piece of writing in The Guardian newspaper by the philosopher Slavoj
Zizek ('The empty wheelbarrow', 19 February, p. 23, 2005) about the former US Defence …

Hosting major sport events can cause positive shifts in tourism demand on a long-term
basis, but the additional revenues might not counterbalance the investment costs that are …