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Regional Performance Measurement and Improvement

New Developments and Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis

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Authors:
  1. Soushi Suzuki

    1. Department of Life Science and Technology, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan

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  2. Peter Nijkamp

    1. Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Facilitates an in-depth understanding of regional performance measurement and improvement based on data envelopment analysis
  • Provides a detailed explanation of a new efficiency improvement approach, the distance friction minimization model
  • Furnishes through these new models an effective efficiency-enhancing approach for inefficient regional decision-making units in Japan and other parts of Asia

Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER, volume 9)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
    Pages 1-9

  3. DEA Model Foundations and Adjustments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Overview of DEA and Its Improvements

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 13-18

    3. Significance of DEA for Regional Performance Measurement

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 19-31

    4. The Distance Friction Minimization (DFM) Model in DEA

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 33-52

    5. Extended DFM Models in DEA

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 53-70

  4. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Performance Measurement of Local Government Finance in Japan: Combination of Goals-Achievement Model with a CCR Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 73-86

    3. Performance Measurement of Public Transport Operation in Japan: Combination of Stepwise Improvement Model with CCR Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 87-100

    4. Performance Measurement of Global Cities: Combination of a Stepwise Improvement Model with an SE Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 101-115

    5. An Energy-Environment Performance Analysis After the Fukushima Disaster in Japan: Combination of a Target-Oriented Model with an SE Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 117-129

    6. The Need for a New Energy Performance Balance in Japan: Combination of an Adjusted-Improvement Model with a CCR Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 131-141

    7. Measurement of Energy-Environment-Economic Performance for EU, APEC, and ASEAN Countries: Combination of a Fixed-Factor Model with an SE Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 143-162

    8. Performance Measurement of Airport Operations in Japan: Combination of a Stepwise Improvement Model with a Fixed-Factor Model

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 163-175

    9. Conclusion

      • Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 177-179

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 181-185
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About this book

This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement projection approaches in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The DFM model can produce a most effective solution in efficiency improvement projections for inefficient spatial entities (decision-making units). 
The book provides a set of fresh contributions to a quantitative assessment of the performance of such policy entities. First it offers a state-of-the art overview of current DEA models and approaches, followed by the operational design of various new types of DEA models, each of them addressing weaknesses in traditional DEA approaches. Then it illustrates the assessment potential of DEA — and its new variants, in particular, the DFM model and subsequent extensions — on the basis of a broadly composed collection of empirical case studies, centering mainly but not exclusively on Japan and other Asian nations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Life Science and Technology, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan

    Soushi Suzuki

  • Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter Nijkamp

About the authors

Soushi Suzuki, Professor Dr., Hokkai-Gakuen University, soushi-s@lst.hokkai-s-u.ac.jp, Department of Life Science and Technology, Hokkai-Gakuen University, 1-1 South 26 West 11, Chuo-ku, 0640926, Sapporo, Japan


Peter Nijkamp, Professor Dr., VU University Amsterdam, p.nijkamp@vu.nl, Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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