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commercialization
The stage in the development of a new product during which a decision is made to embark on its full-scale production and distribution. See new product development.
corruption
The use of bribery to influence the actions of a public official. More generally, corruption refers to obtaining private gains from public office through bribes, extortion, and embezzlement of public ...
Demetrius Vikelas
(1805–1908)The Greek first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), holding the position because early IOC rules specified the president should be a representative of the country at ...
fair play
An ethos emanating from the cult of team games and athleticism in the British public schools and the universities, often evoking a sense of moral superiority. Tony Mason writes that ‘the dominant ...
international trade
Trade in goods and/or services that involves the movement of goods and people across national boundaries, which, in expansionist and anti-protectionist times, increased exchange between societies of ...
J. Sigfrid Edström
(1870–1964)A Swedish engineer, industrialist, and sport administrator who became the fourth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). As a student in Gothenburg, Edström was a sprinter. ...
Jules Rimet
(1873–1956)The creator of the football World Cup, Frenchman Jules Rimet was president of world football's governing body the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) from 1921 to ...
liminality
A term introduced by Arnold van Gennep (Rites de passage, 1909), liminality refers to an intermediate ritual phase during initiation, in which initiates can be considered either sacred or potentially ...
Olympic ceremony
High-profile public occasions provide opportunities to celebrate particular values and achievements, as coronations have shown in relation to monarchies, and parliamentary rituals have demonstrated ...
Olympic Games
Have played a growing role in projecting Australia's national identity to the world. Since the nineteenth century, when sporting achievement first became a measure of national prowess, Australians ...
Olympic Museum
A museum established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and dedicated to the preservation of the legacy of the Olympic movement. It was opened in 1993, a long-term project of the IOC ...
Robert Guérin
(1876–1952)A French sport journalist, writing for Le Matin, and sport administrator, who became the first president of the world governing body of football, La Fédération Internationale de Football ...