Overview
- Addresses major current problems in postal and delivery sector worldwide
- Provides insight into the future of mail and packet delivery
- Analyzes and advances new directions for public policy shift in postal delivery?
Part of the book series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy (TREP)
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About this book
Worldwide, postal operators have been slow to address the threats from and opportunities created by electronic competition. The European Commission and member states are wrestling with these issues, while at the same time continuing to deal with the interrelated issues of implementing entry into postal markets and maintaining the universal service obligation. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 in the U.S. exacerbated financial and managerial problems faced by USPS that result in part from electronic substitution for letter delivery. A major aim of this book is to examine policies to address postal operations in a digital world and ways in which postal operators might reinvent themselves to respond to threats and exploit opportunities. Potential opportunities examined include parcels, e-commerce, digital delivery, regulatory innovations and pricing. This book will be of interest to postal operators, regulatory commissions, consulting firms, competitors and customers, experts in the postal economics, law, and business, and those charged with the responsibility for designing and implementing postal sector policies. Researchers in regulatory economics, transportation technology and industrial organization will also find considerable food for thought in this volume.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World
Editors: Michael Crew, Timothy J. Brennan
Series Title: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24454-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24452-5Published: 04 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79630-7Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24454-9Published: 28 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2730-7468
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7476
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 345
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial Organization, Economic Policy, Microeconomics