당구산업 발전방안에 관한 연구

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to provide a development plan for the Korean billiard industry. The methods utilized in this study include web-crawling through Python, review of literature, non-participatory observation of events, interviews with experts and the marketing specialists in the area of Korean billiard industry, and a case study on European professional billiard league. This study found the following results. First of all, Korea Billiard Federation(KBF) was recommended to initiate the effective membership program in which would be the main revenue stream for KBF. Second, KBF is to organize a new type of league with five divisions including upper divisions (1·2 division) for elite athletes and the sub divisions(3․4 divisions) for amateur athletes with the systematic process of promotion and relegation. Last, building a state-of-the-art billiard venue in which is solely dedicated to the game of billiard would be beneficial to KBF.