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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 … postal services is conceptualized, (2) the estimated volume of these illicit flows, and (3) the methodologies employed to …

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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 … for postal services in emerging economies. These insights equip postal service providers to cultivate loyalty and maintain …

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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 and market failures. The 'baseline' scenario focuses on the most 'probable' evolution of key indicators describing the postal sector based on the evidence available today....

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International postal services and e-commerce supply chains

Niederprüm, Antonia; Junk, Petra - 2024

countries. At the same time, the quality of international postal services deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting …

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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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Customs changes and their impact on postal services and e-commerce (No. 518)$doverview of the EU customs system, import trends and the planned EU customs reform

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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Compact routes for parcel delivery by postal services

Bretina, Alexis; Desaulniers, Guy; Rousseau, Louis-Martin - 2021

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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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