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Pricing of delivery services in the e-commerce sector

In: The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

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  • Claire Borsenberger
  • Helmuth Cremer
  • Philippe De Donder
  • Denis Joram
  • Sébastien Lécou

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This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the survival of mail services in a digital age.

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  • Claire Borsenberger & Helmuth Cremer & Philippe De Donder & Denis Joram & Sébastien Lécou, 2014. "Pricing of delivery services in the e-commerce sector," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Timothy J. J. Brennan (ed.), The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age, chapter 6, pages 75-92, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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