Unit:
Department of Physical Education & Sport ScienceLibrary of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science
Author:
PAPANIKOLAOU ELENI
Gotsopoulou Katerina Maria
Supervisors info:
Μανασής Βασίλειος, ΕΕΠ, Τμήμα Επιστήμης Φυσικής Αγωγής και Αθλητισμού, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.
Original Title:
Η οικονομική απόδοση της Ελληνικής Ομοσπονδίας Πετοσφαίρισης: Σύγκριση με την Ομοσπονδία Χειροσφαίρισης
Translated title:
The financial performance of the Hellenic Volleyball Federation: Comparison with the Handball Federation
Summary:
Although sports federations, as non-profit organizations do not serve the purpose of generating profit, their ability to be economically efficient is very important for fulfilling their goal, which is the development and promotion of each sport. Measuring the financial performance of a sports federation is an important tool for determining organizational strategies. Research in the field of financial performance of sports federations is limited due to the difficulty of gathering and registering the necessary financial data. The purpose of this study is to analyze the financial performance of the Hellenic Volleyball Federation and the comparison with the Hellenic Handball Federation.
The data collected through the annual financial reports, concern the period 2000-2019 for the Hellenic Volleyball Federation and 2006-2019 for the Hellenic Handball Federation. There was applied a special tool for measuring financial performance of sports federations by Winand, Zintz and Scheerer (2012). According to the results, the two federations, throughout time, depend almost exclusively on public funding, with the Hellenic Handball Federation remaining dependent to a greater extent. Their expenses are almost balanced with the income, which does not allow for new investments.
It seems that it is not enough for the federations to operate conservatively, but they should follow the modern strategic principles of management and marketing in order decrease public funding, by attracting alternative sources of income.
Main subject category:
Education - Sport science
Keywords:
Financial performance, Federation, Volleyball, Handball, Economic indicators
