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Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Michael A. Crew

    1. Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

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  2. Paul R. Kleindorfer

    1. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy (TREP, volume 25)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Issues in Measuring Incremental Cost in a Multi-Function Enterprise

      • Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin, John C. Panzar
      Pages 3-21

    3. Cost and Benefits of Universal Service Obligations in the Postal Sector

      • Helmuth Cremer, Marc De Rycke, André Grimaud
      Pages 22-41

    4. Peak Loads and Postal Services: Some Implications of Multi-Stage Production

      • Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Marc A. Smith
      Pages 42-64

    5. Scale Economies and Natural Monopoly in the Postal Delivery: Comparison Between Parametric and Non Parametric Specifications

      • C. Cazals, M. de Rycke, J. P. Florens, S. Rouzaud
      Pages 65-80

  3. Empirical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. A Cross Sectional Comparison and Analysis of Productivity for 21 National Postal Administrations

      • Robert H. Cohen, Edward H. Chu, William W. Ferguson, Spyros S. Xenakis
      Pages 83-114

    3. A Measure of Scale Economies for Postal Systems

      • Robert H. Cohen, Edward H. Chu
      Pages 115-132

    4. Demand Models for Letter Mail and Its Substitutes: Results from Finland

      • Heikki Nikali
      Pages 133-161

    5. Changes in the Household-Level Demand for Postal Delivery Services from 1986 to 1994

      • Frank A. Wolak
      Pages 162-191

  4. Legal and Institutional Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. The UK Post Office Competition Law Compliance Program

      • Catherine Churchard
      Pages 195-204

    3. Monopolies and European Community Competition Law: Current Problems

      • Christian Courtois
      Pages 205-213

    4. Liberalized Postal Markets: Finnish and Swedish Experiences

      • Pekka Leskinen, Bengt Palmgren
      Pages 214-234
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About this book

Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries brings together practitioners, postal administrators, the express industry, regulators, economists and lawyers to examine the important policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This volume reviews such topics as international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation and competition, entry and the role of scale and scope economics, cost analysis in postal services, and service standards. This book provides a unique perspective on the problems facing postal and delivery networks.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

    Michael A. Crew

  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Paul R. Kleindorfer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Managing Change in the Postal and Delivery Industries

  • Editors: Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer

  • Series Title: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6321-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9849-3Published: 31 January 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7902-7Published: 28 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6321-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7468

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 424

  • Topics: Organization, Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Management

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