Postal and delivery innovation in the digital economy. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael A. Crew, Timothy J. Brennan, editors.
• Editors: Crew, Michael A; Brennan, Timothy J
• Other Names: Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, 22nd
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 336 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 383.2; Economics; Postal service -- Congresses; Delivery of goods -- Congresses; Competition -- Congresses; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies; Competition; Delivery of goods; Postal service; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Business & Economics -- Information Management; Economics of industrial organisation; Business mathematics & systems; Management science; Economic policy; Industrial organization; Information technology; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Political economy; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319128740; 3319128744; 3319128736; 9783319128733
• Related ISBNs: 9783319128733
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 31, 2014).
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.