This is the first volume in a new series on 'Great Minds in Regional Science,' which seeks to present a contemporary view on the scientific relevance of the work done by great thinkers in regional science. It presents, among others, Walter Isard, Martin Beckmann and Gunnar Myrdal. Each...

Chapter 1. Data Envelopment Analysis and Big Data: A Systematic Literature Review with Bibliometric Analysis -- Chapter 2. Acceleration of large-scale DEA computations using random forest classification -- Chapter 3. The estimation of productive efficiency through machine learning techniques:...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Know Your Limits -- Chapter 3: See the Unseen -- Chapter 4: Unintended Consequences -- Chapter 5: When More is Better -- Chapter 6: Everything has a Price -- Chapter 7: Map the Environment -- Chapter 8: Establish a theory -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

1. Overview -- 2. Industrial Policy, Firm Capabilities and Kaizen -- 3. Kaizen towards Learning, Transformation, and High-Quality Growth: Insights from Outstanding Experiences -- 4. Why is Kaizen Critical for Developing Countries? Kaizen as a Social Innovation in the Era of Global Inequality --...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Financing pattern if Indian MSMEs -- Chapter 3: Response of capital structure determinants in different macroeconomic states -- Chapter 4: Working-Capital and Capital Structure -- Chapter 5: Cash flow volatility and capital structure -- Chapter 6: Does...

1. “The Belt and Road Initiative” and Globalization -- 2. China and Latin America: New Cooperation in New Era -- 3. The Belt and Road Initiative and SMEs -- 4. Latin American MSMEs and the Belt and Road Initiative -- 5. Integration of Mexican SME´s in the Framework of the Belt and Road...

Introduction: An Overview of the Research -- Business Incubation -- Entrepreneurship, Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Learning -- Research Methods -- The INNOSPACE Experience -- The Role of Prior Knowledge in Opportunity Identification -- Learning and Opportunity Development in INNOSPACE --...

The main focus of this book is innovation for developing countries: what is the innovation for, what are the current conditions of the innovation, and how to effectively innovate in developing economies. It contains the latest insights and analyses of innovation based on intensive interviews as...

Chapter 1: Status and Role of NBFCs -- Chapter 2: Growth and Development of NBFCs -- Chapter 3: Regulatory Developments and Prudential Norms -- Chapter 4: Acceptability of NBFCs to the Public -- Chapter 5: Demand for NBFCs’ Credit -- Chapter 6: Risk Management in NBFCs -- Chapter 7: Financial...

1. Introduction -- 2. Development and Dualism -- 3. Agglomeration, Institutions, and Social Capital: Main Concepts & Methodologies -- 4. Mitigating Dualism and Exploiting the Interplay of Policy-Social Capital -- 5. Summary.