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<p>The aim of this paper is to determine the types and intensity of connection between the amount of state funding for various programmes in sport invested by Croatian Olympic Committee from 2001 until 2016 and international sporting success of Croatian athletes. A connection between 12 independent variables (funds invested in 33 summer Olympic sports (24 individual and 9 team sports) broken down in 8 specific programmes, as well as the number of athletes and coaches in different programmes) and international sporting success was tested using regression analysis. The results show statistically significant logarithm connection between success and total funds invested (ACR=0.160, <bold>R</bold><bold>2</bold><bold>=0.319</bold>, p=0.001). Additionally, three variables showed linear, eight logarithm and one quadratic type of connection. Applying different regression models contributes to better understanding of connection between the amount and direction of investments in high performance sport and result of those investments in the form of achieved international sporting success.</p>
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The aim of this paper is to determine the types and intensity of connection between the amount of state funding for various programmes in sport invested by Croatian Olympic Committee from 2001 until 2016 and international sporting success of Croatian athletes. A connection between 12 independent variables (funds invested in 33 summer Olympic sports (24 individual and 9 team sports) broken down in 8 specific programmes, as well as the number of athletes and coaches in different programmes) and international sporting success was tested using regression analysis. The results show statistically significant logarithm connection between success and total funds invested (ACR=0.160, R2=0.319, p=0.001). Additionally, three variables showed linear, eight logarithm and one quadratic type of connection. Applying different regression models contributes to better understanding of connection between the amount and direction of investments in high performance sport and result of those investments in the form of achieved international sporting success.

Connection between State Funding and International Sporting Success: The Case of Croatia

University o Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business

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The aim of this paper is to determine the types and intensity of connection between the amount of state funding for various programmes in sport invested by...

Connection between State Funding and International Sporting Success: The Case of Croatia

Published Online: Nov 20, 2022

Page range: 119 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2022-0018

Keywords
international sporting success, financial support, COC programmes, state funding

© 2022 Sanela Škorić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Connection between State Funding and International Sporting Success: The Case of Croatia

Published Online: Nov 20, 2022

Page range: 119 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2022-0018

Keywordsinternational sporting success, financial support, COC programmes, state funding

© 2022 Sanela Škorić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
international sporting success, financial support, COC programmes, state funding