Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry’s business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal markets, a...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Crew, Michael A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Brennan, Timothy J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy ; 50
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 1 Business Models
  • 2 e-commerce and the return of unwanted goods
  • 3 The concentration phenomenon in e-commerce
  • 4 Implications of 3D Printing for the United States Postal Service
  • 5 Spam or ham? Assessing the value of direct mail
  • 6 Targeting vs. Saturation: Derived Demand for Direct Mail
  • 7 Quality and pricing of delivery services in the e-commerce sector
  • 8 A Branching AIDS Model for Estimating U.S. Postal Price Elasticities
  • 9 A Demand System Approach to Affordability
  • 10 Welfare impact of changes in the scope of the USO
  • 11 Potential gains and losses of (partial) lifting of home delivery obligations
  • 12 Estimating the Financial Impact of Discontinuing Saturday Delivery of Letters and Flats in the U.S
  • 13 Regulatory developments in post and telecommunications: a tale of two industries
  • 14 Digital inclusion: a role of postal operators in a smart world
  • 15 Informational privacy and registered certified mail: what do the people want?
  • 16 Advanced semi-parametric and parametric methods to assess efficiency in the postal sector
  • 17 On the detection of market and intangible benefits through consumer surveys
  • 18 Different models of Postal Financial Services
  • 19 When rapidly decreasing mail volumes call for more innovative social and economic approaches
  • 20 Proactive surveys and calculations for meeting declining mail volumes
  • 21 E-invoicing as the principal driver of change in B2X letter market definitions
  • 22 The Competitive Fringe
  • 23 Market Regulations and USO in the Revised Swiss Postal Act: Provisions and Authorities
  • 24 Positioning the Postal Service for the Next Generation
  • 25 Analyzing the prospects for transactional mail using a sender-recipient framework.