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Out-of-control Olympics : why the IOC is unable to ensure an environmentally sustainable Olympic Games / Arnout Geeraert & Ryan Gauthier

Geeraert, Arnout | Gauthier, Ryan

Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the body responsible for overseeing the organisation of the Olympic Games, has placed a high premium on environmental sustainability for more than two decades, recent editions of the Olympic Games have fallen short of their sustainability goals, or have caused outright environmental harm. By applying a new (principal-agent) perspective and conceptualising the environmental harm caused by the Olympic Games as an agency cost. This article analysis mechanisms the IOC deploys to control Games organisers and its effectiveness.

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