Insolvency in Brazilian Football Clubs: Proposition of Models Based on Neural Networks by Fábio Minatto, José Alonso Borba

“…Financial and sports indicators were considered in the development of our neural network-based models. Results indicated that the variables immediate liquidity, net working capital, asset turnover, and sports performance in the Brazilian Championship were significant for predicting insolvency in at least one of the developed models. …”
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The Determinants of Brazilian Football Clubs’ Debt Ratios by Marke Geisy da Silva Dantas, Raimundo Marciano de Freitas Neto, Maria Alice Alves da Costa, Alexandro Barbosa

“…This paper explores the relationship between the debt ratio of Brazilian football clubs and several potential determinants, both financial and sports-related. Our explanatory variables are Current Ratio, Return on Assets, Score Percentage, Size, 12 Biggest Clubs, Access (to specific championships, e.g. …”
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Sports Marketing and Perceived Value: an application of the conjoint analysis in the Fan Membership Programs of Football by Pâmela de Souza Dias, Plínio Rafael Reis Monteiro

“…This paper aims to analyze the perceived value structure of FMPs, based on sociodemographic profiles, starting with FMP attributes of the 2016 Brazilian Football Championship series A classified clubs. The data was collected online, and the population consisted of fans of the selected teams. …”
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Analysis of the impact of sports sponsorship by Banco Panamericano: an event study by Márcio Mellaci, Leandro Augusto Petrokas, Rubens Famá

“…The event analyzed is the announcement on April 23, 2009 of an agreement to sponsor the Corinthians professional soccer team in the last games of the São Paulo state championship competition that year. …”
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The Implementation of Therapeutic Alliance in the Rehabilitation of an Elite Pediatric Athlete with Salter-Harris Fracture: A Case Report by Lucas VanEtten, Matthew Briggs, John DeWitt, Cody Mansfield, Christopher Kaeding

“…. # Case Description A 14-year-old male was referred to physical therapy following an open reduction and internal fixation to address a type IV Salter-Harris fracture of the right distal femoral epiphysis. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…Considering what has been said, we may state decisively that the present article will be one of the first attempts to define and evaluate the role of sport in society and the sphere of politics in a broader way. …”
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