The Economics of Postal Service: A Research Study supported by WIK
Postal service has received considerably less attention in the economics literature than traditional public utilities. Postal service is facing some very important challenges arising out of the increasingly high-tech nature of postal service, the entry of competition into the business, and new attitudes on the part of government to postal service. In the United Kingdom and Germany the increased interest in privatization and recognition of the benefits of competition are likely to have an impact on postal service. These challenges mean that postal managers must learn new ways of doing business, not just in successfully introducing new hardware and in new internal operating procedures, but also in the development of new pricing and costing methodologies and in the introduction of new management information systems.
In order to deal with these new developments managers need a solid foundation in applied microeconomic theory as it relates to postal service. This book encompasses the theoretical foundation for postal policy, particularly with regard to pricing, service quality, and competitive issues.
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The Economics of Postal Service: A Research Study supported by WIK
Postal service has received considerably less attention in the economics literature than traditional public utilities. Postal service is facing some very important challenges arising out of the increasingly high-tech nature of postal service, the entry of competition into the business, and new attitudes on the part of government to postal service. In the United Kingdom and Germany the increased interest in privatization and recognition of the benefits of competition are likely to have an impact on postal service. These challenges mean that postal managers must learn new ways of doing business, not just in successfully introducing new hardware and in new internal operating procedures, but also in the development of new pricing and costing methodologies and in the introduction of new management information systems.
In order to deal with these new developments managers need a solid foundation in applied microeconomic theory as it relates to postal service. This book encompasses the theoretical foundation for postal policy, particularly with regard to pricing, service quality, and competitive issues.
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The Economics of Postal Service: A Research Study supported by WIK

The Economics of Postal Service: A Research Study supported by WIK

The Economics of Postal Service: A Research Study supported by WIK

The Economics of Postal Service: A Research Study supported by WIK

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Overview

Postal service has received considerably less attention in the economics literature than traditional public utilities. Postal service is facing some very important challenges arising out of the increasingly high-tech nature of postal service, the entry of competition into the business, and new attitudes on the part of government to postal service. In the United Kingdom and Germany the increased interest in privatization and recognition of the benefits of competition are likely to have an impact on postal service. These challenges mean that postal managers must learn new ways of doing business, not just in successfully introducing new hardware and in new internal operating procedures, but also in the development of new pricing and costing methodologies and in the introduction of new management information systems.
In order to deal with these new developments managers need a solid foundation in applied microeconomic theory as it relates to postal service. This book encompasses the theoretical foundation for postal policy, particularly with regard to pricing, service quality, and competitive issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461365969
Publisher: Springer US
Publication date: 12/22/2012
Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy , #11
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Pages: 162
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Institutional Background.- 2 Welfare Economic Foundations.- 3 Deterministic Models for Postal Service Pricing.- 4 Shastic Models of Postal Service Pricing.- 5 Regulation.- 6 Competition and Technological Change.- 7 Conclusions, Implications for Policy, and Future Research.- References.- Name Index.
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