| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 第15-27页 |
| 1.1 Motivation and Research gap | 第15-18页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Objectives | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3 Contributions to the Literature | 第19-20页 |
| 1.4 Why Basketball | 第20页 |
| 1.5 Introduction to National Basketball Association (NBA) | 第20-23页 |
| 1.6 Definitions of main terms | 第23-26页 |
| 1.7 Organization of the thesis | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 2: Review of the Literature | 第27-43页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical Foundation | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 Production Function Applications in Sport | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Individual Performance Measures | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2.2 Team-based production research | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3 Basic DEA Theory | 第31-35页 |
| 2.3.1 Basic Terminologies and Concepts | 第33页 |
| 2.3.2 Inputs and Outputs | 第33-35页 |
| 2.4 Basic DEA Models | 第35-37页 |
| 2.4.1 The CCR Models | 第35-36页 |
| 2.4.2 The BCC Models | 第36-37页 |
| 2.5 DEA applications to basketball | 第37-43页 |
| Chapter 3: Methodology | 第43-57页 |
| 3.1 Malmquist Productivity Index | 第44-45页 |
| 3.2 Advantages of Malmquist Productivity Index | 第45页 |
| 3.3 Decomposition of Malmquist Productivity Index | 第45-53页 |
| 3.3.1 Technical Efficiency | 第47-48页 |
| 3.3.2 Technological progress | 第48-50页 |
| 3.3.3 Scale Efficiency | 第50-53页 |
| 3.4 Deriving the MPI based on VRS | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter 4: Data Analysis & Results | 第57-91页 |
| 4.1 Decision-Making Units (DMUs) | 第57-60页 |
| 4.2 Input and Output Measures | 第60页 |
| 4.3 Data Preparation and Selection | 第60-65页 |
| 4.4 Empirical Results | 第65页 |
| 4.5 Descriptive Information | 第65页 |
| 4.6 Malmquist Index Values and its components | 第65-67页 |
| 4.7 Classification of players according to their Productivity growth | 第67-69页 |
| 4.8 Classification of Players by Position and region | 第69-72页 |
| 4.9 Productivity Change by both approaches (Input and Output Oriented) | 第72-75页 |
| 4.10 Total Factor Productivity | 第75-78页 |
| 4.11 Decomposition of TFP Change into TEC and TC | 第78-86页 |
| 4.11.1 Technical Efficiency Change (TEC) | 第78-82页 |
| 4.11.2 Technological Change (TC) | 第82-86页 |
| 4.12 Malmquist TFP index summary of annual means | 第86-89页 |
| 4.13 Decomposition of Technical Efficiency Change into SEC and PTEC | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion | 第91-97页 |
| 5.1 Discussion of research method | 第91-92页 |
| 5.2 Discussion of results | 第92-93页 |
| 5.3 Future Research | 第93-95页 |
| 5.4 Conclusion and practical implications | 第95-97页 |
| References | 第97-109页 |
| Appendix 1 Malmquist Index value and its components for NBAplayers | 第109-113页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第113-115页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ List of Publications | 第115-116页 |
