The aim of this paper is to propose a management model which would assess the state of the business and indicate the improvement points, as well as to demonstrate the applicability of the model in a case of the postal company. An A'BA model is proposed which represents a combined application of...

Auch 20 Jahre nach der formellen Liberalisierung des Postmarktes hat sich im Briefbereich kein wirksamer Wettbewerb eingestellt. Der Grund liegt zum einen in den Vorteilen, die der Deutschen Post AG einseitig durch gesetzliche Maßnahmen gewährt werden wie etwa das Mehrwertsteuerprivileg für...

Postal workers and the rise of collective bargaining -- Rising expectations and brewing conflict -- The strike begins -- The strike ends -- Aftershocks and postal reorganization -- The U.S. Postal Service and the postal unions in the 1970s -- Almost striking again, arbitration, and automation,...

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Worldwide, there is currently a considerable amount of interest in postal and delivery economics. The industry is reacting to a state of near crisis and is implementing different drastic changes. The...

This report evaluates the costs and benefits of replacing postal delivery motorcycles with electric vehicles in eight Korean cities. It compares operating costs, safety performance, and environmental impacts based on data collected from a field trial with both vehicle types. In addition to the...

In its Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, the European Commission has rightly noted the importance of lowering the price paid for basic cross-border delivery by consumers and by small and medium size retail shippers. Consumers and SMEs may have few alternatives to the National Postal...

In this paper, we examine an innovative postal export regime that involves both a streamlining of export procedures and provision of intermediation services to investigate how firms' react to changing trade costs and whether and how these firms learn. In so doing, we use a unique dataset that...

Cover -- I. Einleitung -- 1. Problemstellung -- 2. Forschungsstand -- 3. Methodik -- 4. Aufbau -- II. Angewandter Vetospieleransatz -- 1. Grundmodell -- 2. Forschungsheuristik -- 3. Verbindung und Erweiterung -- III. Bahnstrukturreform -- 1. Handlungssituation -- 1.1. Direkte Vetospieler -- 1.2....