Search Results - subject:"POSTAL SECTOR"

Illicit drug trafficking via postal services : a scoping review of economic-criminological context and estimation methods

Raimondi, Agnese; Chopin, Julien; Caneppele, Stefano; … - In: Journal of economic criminology 7 (2025), pp. 1-14

Efficient and interconnected logistics networks, like postal services, provide powerful tools for criminal groups to organize cross-border drug trafficking by exploiting legitimate infrastructure. Despite postal services becoming inadvertent facilitators in smuggling, focused research on this...

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Logistic service improvement parameters for postal service providers using analytical hierarchy process and quality function deployment

James, Nisa; Kumar, Anish K. P.; Nathan, Robert Jeyakumar - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 5, pp. 1-23

Postal services have re-emerged across numerous emerging economies worldwide as essential logistics providers, harnessing their vast coverage and dependability in the face of expanding e-commerce platforms and technological innovations. This study investigates India Post, one of the largest...

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Evaluation of the impact of the Internet of Things on postal service efficiency in Slovakia

Baláž, Martin; Vaculík, Juraj; Corejova, Tatiana - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 10, pp. 1-19

This paper investigates the impact of technological advancements, particularly the integration of the Internet of Things (IoT), on the efficiency and productivity of the postal service industry in Slovakia. By employing the Cobb-Douglas production function, we analyze the relationship between...

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Prospective study on the future of the postal sector : final report

Vencovsky, Daniel (contributor); Njoroge, Winnie (contributor) - European Commission / Directorate-General for Internal …; … - 2024 - First edition

The study defines five future scenarios for the EU postal sector with a time horizon of 2040 to identify key challenges … postal sector based on the evidence available today. Three 'possible' scenarios are characterised by projections of key … potential effects of major crises leading to dramatic changes in the postal sector. The study identifies several major trends …

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Auswirkungen veränderter Rahmenbedingungen im internationalen Postverkehr auf die Lieferketten im E-Commerce

Niederprüm, Antonia; Junk, Petra - 2024

In den letzten zehn Jahren ist der grenzüberschreitende Onlinehandel, insbesondere aus China in die EU, stark gewachsen. Plattformen wie Shein und Temu spielen dabei eine zentrale Rolle. Die Studie analysiert, wie regulatorische Änderungen, technologische Fortschritte und Marktstrategien die...

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Accessibility analyses of post offices in Germany differentiated by means of transport using a grid-based model

Tegetmeyer, Inga; Neumeier, Stefan - 2024

Urbansierung und demografischer Wandel zeigen auch Auswirkungen auf die Nachfrage nach Dienstleistungen der Grundversorgung. Das führt dazu, dass private und öffentliche Dienstleister bestrebt sind, wirtschaftlich unattraktive Standorte sukzessive aufgeben, wobei ländliche Räume von diesen...

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Veränderungen im Zollwesen und Auswirkungen auf Postunternehmen und Onlinehandel

Niederprüm, Antonia; Stuck, Jana - 2024

Chinesische Onlineplattformen wie AliExpress, Shein und Temu versenden einen Großteil ihrer Waren als Einzelsendungen per Luftfracht direkt aus China an europäische Kundinnen und Kunden. Dies hat zu einem starken Anstieg der grenzüberschreitenden ECommerce-Pakete nach Europa geführt, die von...

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The road to rebellion : state-building and rural uprisings in the run-up to the French Revolution

Albertus, Michael; Gay, Victor - 2024

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Postal Monopoly Laws : History and Development of the Monopoly on the Carriage of Mail and the Monopoly on Access to Mailboxes

Campbell, James I - 2023

The purpose of this study to provide a comprehensive account of the development and current status of federal laws that grant the United States Postal Service exclusive rights in the carriage of letters (the “postal monopoly”) and the delivery of mailable matter (the “mailbox monopoly”)....

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Universal Service Obligation : History and Development of Laws Relating to the Provision of Universal Postal Services

Campbell, James I - 2023

This study seeks to provide a comprehensive description of the development and status (through 2008) of federal laws that oblige the United States Postal Service to provide a “universal postal service” throughout the United States. Since the term “universal postal service” has no legal...

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