Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,5, Leeds Metropolitan University (Carnegie Faculty), course: International Events Management, language: English, abstract: In the events industry, post-event evaluation is becoming more and more recognised as a respected management tool for measuring success and a utensil for specifying whether objectives are accomplished. Yet, publications by academics and scholars have mostly overlooked the area which investigates the approaches organisers take for evaluating their events. To address this research...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1,1, Cologne Business School Koln, course: East Asia Management, language: English, abstract: On August 30, 2009, Lower House elections for the bicameral Diet were held in Japan where the DPJ, short for Democratic Party of Japan, achieved a landslide victory. Never before has the opposition party in Japan reached such a clear success in becoming the new ruling party of Japan and making the thus far dominant Liberal Democratic Party, abbreviated as LDP, the new opposition. As the newly elected government...

Pre-University Paper from the year 2007 in the subject English - Applied Geography, grade: 1,1, language: English, abstract: "After I mow down a whole area full of you snotty-ass rich motherfucker high-strung God-like-attitude-having worthless pieces of shit whores, I don't care if I live or die." With provocative quotes like this one, Eric Harris announced his merciless school shooting. Together with Dylan Klebold, he committed the Columbine massacre - the worst carnage ever perpetrated by teenagers in the United States. On 18 April, 1999, the two youngsters entered Columbine High School in...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, Leeds Metropolitan University, course: Impacts and Risks in Events Management, language: English, abstract: In 2004's edition of 'Vision for Leeds', local residents and businesses voiced that a development goal for the future should be constructing an arena as it would enable Leeds to attract entertainment events to the area and boost the economy of the city. Hence, the city pursued this target (Leeds Initiative 2004). The Leeds Arena is a 80m entertainment venue, which is publically funded (Hayman...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 2,0, Leeds Metropolitan University, course: Strategic Financial Management for Events, language: English, abstract: This report investigates physical activity running events as a fundraising tool for organisations in the Third Sector. With circa 50% of non-profit organisations relying on income generated from special events, physical activity fundraising events are becoming more and more popular. Staging fun runs is one of the most employed formats of physical activity fundraising events. By...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: 1,5, Leeds Metropolitan University, course: Operations and Quality Management, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine and identify operations and quality issues within secondary services of the National Football League and to provide practical recommendations how to operational and quality performance can be improved. This exploratory conceptual paper is based on the synthesis of academic sources stating that sporting operations managers should focus their attention on secondary...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, grade: 1,2, Leeds Metropolitan University, course: Issues in the Events Industry, language: English, abstract: With the London 2012 Olympic Games, sustainability within mega-sport events has come to attention again as the organisers of the event are seeking to create a truly green event (London2012 2009a, London2012 2009b). But not only developed nations are hosting such large-scale events. Recently, the FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa, the Commonwealth Games in India and the next...