This paper provides a systematic literature review of studies investigating the effect of an
intervention on the efficiency of a decision‐making unit, when efficiency is computed using …

Abstract The European Union (EU) annually publishes an Innovation Union Scoreboard
(IUS) as a tool to measure the innovation performance of EU Member States by means of a …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Sustainable development (SD) is a key concern for businesses, governments, and
policymakers, with a particular emphasis on rural areas for achieving the sustainable …

Despite extensive discussion about the important role of government in enterprise
development, the function of government grants in the innovation activities of high …

Although central governments are expanding research and development (R&D) investment
in peripheral areas in many countries, interregional differences in innovation efficiency …

Although a large amount of past research has theorized about the character of national
innovation systems (NISs), there has been limited process-oriented empirical investigation …

Analyzing and measuring the innovation process from a quantitative perspective is needed
for policy making, which can help in grasping and controlling the performance of …

The regional innovation systems (RIS) concept has become popular among academics,
political decision-makers and regional stakeholders of innovation. Understanding the …

Abstract C hen K. and G uan J. Measuring the efficiency of China's regional innovation
systems: application of network data envelopment analysis (DEA), Regional Studies. This …