The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector Towards A Renaissance
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
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Michael Crew Pier Luigi Parcu Timothy Brennan Editors
The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector Towards A Renaissance
Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series editor Michael A. Crew, Newark, NJ, USA
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Michael Crew Pier Luigi Parcu Timothy Brennan •
Editors
The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector Towards A Renaissance
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Editors Michael Crew Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick Newark, NJ USA
Timothy Brennan School of Public Policy University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD USA
Pier Luigi Parcu Florence School of Regulation European University Institute San Domenico di Fiesole, Firenze Italy
Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy ISBN 978-3-319-46045-1 ISBN 978-3-319-46046-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46046-8
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Preface
This book is a result of the 24th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, which was held May 18–21, 2016 at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. The conference was a joint effort of the Florence School of Regulation—Communications and Media (FSR C&M) at the European University Institute and the Center for Research in Regulated Industries (CRRI) at the Rutgers Business School. It is now more than a quarter century that this conference has been held. Indeed, the conference followed all the crucial steps of the evolution in the postal sector, which is now impacted by the digital revolution. Perhaps the major theme that emerged was the impact of the Internet and the resulting electronic competition on the posta
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