Digital Mosaic Pollution (DMP) arises when bits of information originally gathered for other purposes escape their original boundaries. The metaphor of a mosaic implies that bits of information, each not valuable by itself, when pieced together can create a clear, or distorted, picture of a...

This paper uses the failed AT&T/Time Warner merger as a case study to show that mergers between companies with markedly different cultures are likely to fail. Besides documenting the merged company’s worsening financial condition, the paper contrasts AT&T’s performance after the merger with...

Universal postal service as a business opportunity -- Designation Of A Universal Service Provider In The EU Should One Size Fit All -- E-commerce parcel delivery, the unwanted guest at the USO table? An empirical study covering ten markets in Europe -- Is the universal service for “letters”...

The rise of e-commerce platforms in the parcel delivery markets -- Parcel locker stations: The future of e-commerce delivery? -- Regulation: Quo Vadis? Revisited. -- “Is Postal Service a Natural Monopoly?”:A 30-year retrospective on Panzar’s seminal paper" -- The first tests of the SGEI...

The Roots of Political Gridlock and Foreshadowing a Way out -- Part I: Respect: Uncovering the Wisdom of America's Ideologies -- Libertarianism: Centralization can Lead to Serfdom -- Conservatism: Cultural Dissolution can Lead to Despotism -- Liberalism: Economic Instability and Exclusion can...

Chapter 1 - Competitive strategies of marketplaces vis-à-vis logistic choices: issues for competition policy (Pier Luigi Parcu) -- Chapter 2 - Lessons from the Experience of Telecommunications Regulation for Regulation in the EU Package Delivery Industry, with Focus on Access Regulation (Debra...

The recent Camp Fire in California demonstrates that aside from being energy inefficient, homes in the United States are particularly vulnerable to wildfires. While energy efficiency may slow the increase in destructive fires, it's clear we must improve wildfire building survivability. Few...