Development Strategies For The Postal Sector An Economic Perspective

Author : Universal Postal Union
Publisher : Universal Postal Union
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789295025509

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Development strategies for the postal sector: an economic perspective by Universal Postal Union Pdf

This book examines the economics of the postal sector through three lenses: snapshot and trends, models, and opportunities. In the years to come, the Universal Postal Union plans to develop its role as a knowledge centre for the postal sector from these perspectives. At this time of radical transformation of the postal sector, it is important to understand how the sector has evolved historically, how it is connected with the economic system, and where it is heading. This book thus first presents a long-run view, focusing on incumbent operators over the last three decades, and then describes their development in the last five to ten years. It also offers a real-time picture based on daily “big postal data”, revealing one of the greatest opportunities for the sector in terms of forecasting and product design.

Author : Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy J. Brennan,Victor Glass
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030029360

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New Business and Regulatory Strategies in the Postal Sector by Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy J. Brennan,Victor Glass Pdf

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Worldwide, there is currently a considerable amount of interest in postal and delivery economics. The industry is reacting to a state of near crisis and is implementing different drastic changes. The European Commission and member States are still wrestling with the problem of how to implement entry liberalization into postal markets, how to address digital competition, and how to maintain the universal service obligation (USO). The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 in the U.S. has perhaps created and exacerbated the problems faced by USPS. Digitalisation, technological development and online platforms are strongly affecting both the way postal and delivery operators are managing their services as well as their role on the market. Strong emphasis was attributed to the assets of Postal Operators (POs) and their added value in the digital age as well as on new business strategies. This volume presents original essays by prominent researchers in the field, selected and edited from papers presented at this year’s 26th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Split, Croatia, from May 30- June 2, 2018.Topics addressed by this volume include quality of service, last mile solutions, and competition in the liberalized market. This book will be a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors, but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments.

Author : Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy J. Brennan,Victor Glass
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3031253647

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Postal Strategies by Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy J. Brennan,Victor Glass Pdf

This edited book includes original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 30th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Rimini, Italy, May 25–27, 2022. The central foci of the book are the role of digital platforms in the postal sector and the impact of vertically integrated firms in delivery markets. Other important topics include the regulation of parcels and their environmental footprint, in light of the innovations affecting the so-called last mile, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the postal sector, on both the global and local levels. Chapters also discuss traditional topics for postal and delivery sectors, including postal costs, the funding of Universal Service Obligation (USO) and the related role of Universal Service Providers. This book is a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors interested in postal and regulatory economics but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments.

Author : Kristian J. Sund,Derek Osborn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Postal service
ISBN : 1907471200

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The Future Is in the Post by Kristian J. Sund,Derek Osborn Pdf

Author : Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy J. Brennan,Victor Glass
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030345327

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The Changing Postal Environment by Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy J. Brennan,Victor Glass Pdf

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Worldwide, there is currently a considerable amount of interest in postal and delivery economics. The industry is reacting to a state of near crisis and is implementing different drastic changes. The European Commission and member States are still wrestling with the problem of how to implement entry liberalization into postal markets, how to address digital competition, and how to maintain the Universal Service Obligation (USO). Digitalization, technological development and online platforms are strongly affecting both the way postal and delivery operators are managing their services, as well as their role on the market. Strong emphasis was attributed to the assets of Postal Operators (POs) and their added value in the digital age, as well as on new business strategies. This volume presents original essays by prominent researchers in the field, selected and edited from papers presented at the 27th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Dublin, Ireland, 22-25 May, 2019. Topics addressed by this volume include the fragmentation of the postal supply chain, blockchain and digital postal services, and the fading of traditional postal market boundaries. This book will be a useful tool not only for graduate students and professors, but also for postal administrations, consulting firms, and federal government departments.

Author : Michael Crew,Timothy J. Brennan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319244549

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The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World by Michael Crew,Timothy J. Brennan Pdf

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.

Author : Robert M. Campbell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780773569744

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Politics of Postal Transformation by Robert M. Campbell Pdf

The postal sector is a multi-billion dollar set of activities that touches billions of lives daily and continues to be one of the world's largest employers. Until recently all Posts were monopolies owned by governments in order to maintain a universal postal service. However, in response to technological and international competition as well as public disenchantment with postal subsidies and inefficiencies, governments have embraced a range of new strategies. In The Politics of Postal Transformation Robert Campbell investigates and analyses the most important policy innovations in recent years as countries struggle to create a postal regime that matches domestic political expectations with international and technological realities. Through extensive interviews with numerous key government, regulatory, postal, and union officials in North America, Europe, and Australasia, he identifies four models or strategies, each reflecting particular national characteristics and ambitions: from privatization (Netherlands, Germany) and deregulation (Finland, Sweden, New Zealand) to increased national support (France) and mixed strategies (UK, Australia). Campbell's comparative analysis provides a backdrop for a set of recommendations for policy-makers and lays the foundation for informed speculation about future international postal developments and the possible domination of the system by a select group of postal behemoths.

Author : Michael Crew,Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy Brennan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319460468

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The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector by Michael Crew,Pier Luigi Parcu,Timothy Brennan Pdf

This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Postal operators worldwide 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. Comprised of original essays by prominent researchers in the field, this book addresses the new reality of the postal industry and proposes ways in which postal operators might reinvent themselves. Issues discussed include cross-border parcel delivery, e-commerce, the transformation of postal networks, and the effects of postal liberalization. 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 useful information in this volume.

Author : Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441989154

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Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector by Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer Pdf

Competitive Transformation of the Postal and Delivery Sector is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insights of leading researchers and practitioners into strategy and regulation as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include national and international perspectives, financial viability, the universal service obligation, regulation, competition, entry, the role of scale and scope economies, the nature and role of cost and demand analysis in postal service, productivity, interaction of law and economics, human resources, transition and reform issues. The papers in the book were selected from the papers presented at the 11th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, Toledo, Spain, June 4-7, 2003.

Author : Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475751222

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Emerging Competition in Postal and Delivery Services by Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer Pdf

Emerging Competition in Postal and Delivery Services brings together practitioners, postal administrators, the courier industry, regulators, academic economists and lawyers to examine important policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industries. This volume reviews such topics as cost and productivity analysis, universal service and entry, demand analysis and the structure of postal payment system, price regulation and competition.

Author : Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402070357

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Postal and Delivery Services by Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer Pdf

Postal and Delivery Services: Delivering on Competition is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insight into strategy, regulation as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation, competition, entry, the role of scale and scope economies, the nature and role of cost and demand analysis in postal service, productivity, interaction of law and economics, human resources, transition and reform issues.

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210572583

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Information Economy Report 2015 by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Pdf

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly transforming the way in which enterprises are interacting among each other as well as with consumers and governments. Despite important potential benefits, businesses and consumers in developing countries were for a long time slow to exploit e-commerce. As a result of changes in the evolving landscape for information and communications technologies (ICTs), this pattern is now changing, and e-commerce is growing rapidly in emerging markets and developing economies. Against this background, this publication revisits the potential opportunities and risks of e-commerce and examines how countries can benefit the most from the phenomenon in today's Information Society. Using official statistics and private sector data, it provides an up-to-date review of global and regional trends related to e-commerce in view of changes in the ICT landscape, focusing on developing countries while drawing lessons from developed countries.

Author : Michael A Crew,Timothy J Brennan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781782546344

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The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age by Michael A Crew,Timothy J Brennan Pdf

This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the survival of mail s

Author : Matthias Finger,Christian Jaag
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317668084

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The Routledge Companion to Network Industries by Matthias Finger,Christian Jaag Pdf

In recent decades, network industries around the world have gone through periods of de- and re-regulation. With vast amounts of sometimes conflicting research carried out into specific network industries, the time has come for a critical over-arching assessment of this entire industry in order to provide a platform of understanding to aid future research and practice. This comprehensive resource provides an orientation for academics, policy makers and managers as to the main economic, regulatory and commercial challenges in the network industries. The book is split into sections covering market, policy, regulation, management perspectives, whilst all of the key network industries are covered, including energy, transport, water and telecommunications. Overseen by world-class Editors and experts in the field, this inter-disciplinary resource is essential reading for students and researchers in international business, industrial economics and the industries.

Author : Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer,James I. Campbell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848444904

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Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform by Michael A. Crew,Paul R. Kleindorfer,James I. Campbell Pdf

The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This book brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans ofindividual countries to provide some perspective on the problems faced in the area and the varied approaches being taken to address it. They also review key elements of policy and strategy that are important in this debate.