Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- adel rahmanpour 1
- mohammad keshtidar 2
- mehdi talebpour 3
- seyyed morteza azimzadeh 4
- ramezan housinzadeh 5
1 PhD student in sports management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
2 . Professor of Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 Professor of Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
4 Associate Professor of Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
5 Associate Professor of the Faculty of Economics, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahehan, Iran
Abstract
Today, each industry can significantly contribute to the gross domestic product (GDP) of a national economy by influencing two key factors: production and employment. This study proposes to explain the systemic role of the sport industry in Iran's GDP using data-output analysis methods. After gathering library documents, the latest data-output table for 77 sectors from the Statistics Center of Iran was consolidated into 19 industries, aligning with the employment tables of the country's major economic groups. Calculations of the technical and inverse Leontief coefficient matrix, as well as production and employment coefficients, were performed using Excel and SPSS software. The results indicate that the sports industry contributes approximately 0.21 percent to the country's GDP. Moreover, its potential impact on GDP growth is approximately 1.55 percent, while its contribution to employment is around 0.0004 percent. It is recommended that necessary plans be formulated at the macro-management level to further develop the sport industry. These plans could include the establishment of a sports industry federation and optimizing sports venues for non-sport applications equipped with modern technological facilities.
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