The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World
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
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Michael A. Crew Timothy J. Brennan Editors
The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World
Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
Series Editor: Michael A. Crew
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6646
Michael A. Crew • Timothy J. Brennan Editors
The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World
Editors Michael A. Crew Rutgers Business School Rutgers University Newark, NJ, USA
Timothy J. Brennan School of Public Policy University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, MD, USA
Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy ISBN 978-3-319-24452-5 ISBN 978-3-319-24454-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24454-9
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Preface and Acknowledgments
This book is a result of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries’ (CRRI) 23nd Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, which was held June 3–6, 2015, at the Amarilia Hotel, Vouliagmeni, Greece. The first Conference was held in 1990 in the UK. During the 25 years since the first Conference, the industry has seen considerable change. These include the opening of postal markets to competition for most countries in the European Union on January 1, 2011. Even more important is the increasing impact of multimodal competition. As a result of e-mail, social networks, sophisticated handheld devices, and Internet advertising, important questions are being raised about the future of mail. The Conference and this book attempt to address some of the resulting challenges. They follow earlier conferences and workshops. This 23rd edited volume in CRRI’s program Postal and Delivery Economics is the final volume in the series as this was the last CRRI Postal Confe
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