How Efficient are the Romanian Sports Federations? A Theoretical and Experimental Approach

Constanta-Valentina Mihaila (), Gabriela Alina Paraschiva () and Laurentiu Mihai Mihail ()
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Constanta-Valentina Mihaila: Lecturer, National University of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
Gabriela Alina Paraschiva: PhD. Student, Politehnica University Timisoara, Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation
Laurentiu Mihai Mihail: PhD. Student, Valahia University

Chapter 44 in World Lumen Congress 2021, 2022, vol. 17, pp 437-446 from Editura Lumen

Abstract: Examining the links between performance and financial issues has been, and still is, subject of a great number of researches both in the business and in the non-profit environment. In this respect, the world of sports has not been bypassed either, using concepts and / or instruments from accounting, economics or statistic areas in order to analyse a firm or an NGO in the sport industry and his success. The present study represents one of the first attempt to value the Romanian sports federations’ activity which is not based solely on the scores attained following places and medals won by athletes participating in the national and international competition system. And it is intended to identify an appropriate methodology to highlight how efficient the sports federations have been in 2019 year, reporting the results obtained to the resources used, from a domestic perspective (meaning the participation in national sports events and the scores obtained). This paper addresses 12 Romanian sports federations (out of 75 federations on sport branches) and their efficiency, through the lens of several input, output and outcome indicators, using public data gathered from various sources - the Romanian Ministry of Finance, the National Institute of Statistics, the Romanian Ministry of Youth and Sports. Using statistical tools, such as Spearman rank correlation, as well as statistical methods, such as standardization, we developed an efficiency calculation methodology, which could be used to support managerial team to improve and / or reshape federations' activities, if necessary.

Keywords: sports federations; efficiency calculation methodology; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-910129-32-6
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DOI: 10.18662/wlc2021/44

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