Title: Mapping the judo sports ecosystem: proposition and analysis

Authors: Aline Marian Callegaro; Ana Paula Kloeckner; Felipe Magno; Ricardo Augusto Cassel; Rosiane Serrano; Daniel Pacheco Lacerda

Addresses: Interdisciplinary Department of Campus Littoral North and Graduate Program of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Tramandaí, Brazil ' Graduate Program of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil ' Graduate Program of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil ' Industrial Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil ' Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the Rio Grande do Sul, Erechim, Brazil ' Production and System Engineering Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil

Abstract: The sport sector interacts with various segments and industrial and commercial sectors. Thus, we infer that sport comprises an ecosystem, as it gathers a community of economic actors. From this perspective, mapping and understanding the operation of the Judo Ecosystem is of great interest. This study uses exploratory field research as the procedure. A model was built and validated through expert interviews from sports modality and ecosystem theme. The findings showed that the sports system as a whole does not obey a flow, since the objects in it are of different natures. The validation of the model shows its economic importance and the ecosystem actors must understand that they are part of a business ecosystem. As the actors take initiatives based on knowledge, sports practice occupy a more significant share of the Brazilian GDP. The need for professionalisation of actors to enable efficient, qualified management of each participant.

Keywords: judo ecosystem; sport; economic sector; business ecosystem; model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2024.143646

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2024 Vol.24 No.5/6, pp.339 - 355

Received: 11 Aug 2022
Accepted: 04 May 2023
Published online: 03 Jan 2025 *

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