By Jati Sengupta

Data envelopment research develops a suite of nonparametric and semiparametric suggestions for measuring financial potency between organizations and nonprofit enterprises. over the last decade this system has came across such a lot common functions in public region businesses. notwithstanding those purposes were in general static. This monograph extends this static framework of potency research in different new instructions. those contain yet aren't restricted to the subsequent: (1) a dynamic view of the construction and value frontier, the place capital inputs are taken care of another way from the present inputs, (2) an immediate position of the technological growth and regress, that is so frequently under pressure in overall issue productiveness dialogue in modem progress concept in economics, (3) stochastic potency in a dynamic environment, the place reliability development competes with technical potency, (4) versatile production platforms, the place flexibility of the creation technique and the economies of scope play a major function in potency research and (5) the function of monetary elements comparable to externalities and enter interdependences. potency is considered right here within the framework of a common structures conception version. the sort of view is meant to increase the scope of functions of this promising new means of info envelopment research. The monograph stresses many of the utilized elements of the dynamic thought, in order that it may be empirically carried out in numerous events. so far as attainable summary mathematical remedies are kept away from and emphasis put on the statistical examples and empirical illustrations.