Decision-Making Optimization Models for Business Partnerships by Gholam R. Amin (Hardback)

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Published:
15 May 2025
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408 pages
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Decision-Making Optimization Models for Business Partnerships extends non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and parametric econometrics approaches to better understand how economic efficiency and market competitiveness is achieved for different types of partnerships and strategic alliances.
Efficiency and productivity improvement are imperative for businesses to remain competitive in an increasingly dynamic marketplace. While business organizations have the potential to thrive independently, collaborating with others fosters a collective strength that can lead to greater innovation, expanded reach, and shared success.Decision-making optimization models for business partnerships are essential, as businesses seldom have all the resources they need, and thus they require alliances and partnerships with others to enable them to meet their goals. Decision-Making Optimization Models for Business Partnerships extends non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and parametric econometrics approaches to better understand how economic efficiency and market competitiveness is achieved for different types of partnerships and strategic alliances.Features· Global contributions for a wide range of professionals and academics· Invaluable resources for businesses, analysts and academics interested in DEA, optimization and operations research more widely· Introduces readers to novel approaches, models and decision-making techniques on performance evaluation and business partnerships via the medium of parametric and nonparametric optimization.

About the Author: Gholam R. Amin is an Associate Professor of Management Science in the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada. He is an Associate Editor of the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics at Oxford University Press. Dr. Amin's research interests include performance measurement, productivity and efficiency analysis through data envelopment analysis, optimization and inverse optimization approaches. Dr. Amin has published in several leading international journals including Operations Research (FT-50), European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Computers and Operations Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematical Modeling, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, ABACUS, Soft Computing, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Health Economics, Policy and Law, European Journal of Sport Science, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, and IMA Journal of Management Mathematics among others.Mustapha Ibn Boamah is a Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Business at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada. Dr. Ibn Boamah's research interests include open-economy macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance, and the economics of financial institutions. He has published in various peer reviewed journals - including publications in the Review of Financial Economics, Atlantic Economic Journal, Strategic Change, Social Responsibility Journal, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, International Journal of Social Economics, Managerial and Decision Economics, Annals of Operations Research, and the European Journal of Operational Research.

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