Postal and Delivery Services
Subtitle: Delivering on Competition (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy)
Contributors: Michael A. Crew (Editor); Paul R. Kleindorfer (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781402070358
Subjects: Organizational theory & behaviour; Postal & telecommunications industries; Postal service; Freight and freightage; Communication; Business & Economics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; New Zealand; Business/Economics; General; Economics - Microeconomics; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Government & Business; Competition
First sentence: The situation currently faced by national post offices (POs) is quite serious in that they face competition not just from electronic media, particularly the Internet, but also pressure to open up their traditional monopoly markets to entrants.