The future of the postal sector in a digital world

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Title Statements

Full title :The future of the postal sector in a digital world / Michael A. Crew, Timothy J. Brennan, editors.

Summary

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783319244549, 331924454X
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-24454-9
oclc:ocn930703336
LC Classification:HE6011
Dewey Decimal:383.2

Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Sponsors; Contents; Contributors; Price Cap Regulation and Declining Demand; 1 Introduction; 2 The Implications of Declining Demand for USPS; 3 The Declining Demand Problem Under PCR; 4 Price Caps with Changing Demand; 5 Relevance Across Regulated Sectors; 6 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix; References; Scale Economies and Postal Price Caps in Europe: Declining Volumes, Lower Productivity, Higher Postage?; 1 Introduction; 2 Volume and Price Trends; 3 Postal Price Caps in Europe; 4 Conclusions; References; Origins of ``Universal Servicé́

1 Introduction and Motivation2 Developing the Language of Universal Service; 3 International Postal Legislation; 3.1 European Postal Legislation: Postal Services Directives (1997, 2002, and 2008); 3.2 Universal Postal Union; 4 UK Postal Legislation; 4.1 Post Office Acts 1908 and 1953; 4.2 Post Office Act 1969; 4.3 British Telecommunications Act 1981; 4.4 Postal Services Act 2000; 4.5 Postal Services Act 2011; 5 Concluding Thoughts; References; Implications of Recent Developments in e-Commerce for Universal Service Providers and the USO; 1 Introduction; 2 Evolution of e-Commerce.

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Actes de congrès Commerce électronique -- Congrès Conference papers and proceedings Congress Delivery of goods Delivery of goods -- Congresses Economics of industrial organisation Electronic commerce Electronic commerce -- Congresses LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communic… Livraison de marchandises -- Congrès Microeconomics Political economy Postal service Postal service -- Congresses Postes -- Congrès