Prioritization of influential factors on Iran’s sport caravan in Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games

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The aim of this study was prioritization of affecting factors on Iran’s sport caravan in Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games and identifying the most important factors. The population of this study includes presidents and vice presidents of selective national sport associations and experts engaged in the games. So the sample size was considered such as population which was 40 persons. The instrument used in the study was built up according to the review of literature and previous same studies. Reliability of questionnaire confirmed by the experts in this area and validity of study found (α =0/94) by Alfa chrounbakh test trough a pilot study with 25 person. Results showed that among all the factors, material resource was the most important resource by factor load (97/0) and after that there were technology, facility, financial, human recourses and the end managerial resource by factor load (0/84) was the least important resource. Finally managers and decision makers of sport events with know the success factors can invest and appropriate focus on these factors.

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