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Accessibility/proximity in the digital age: what does it mean for postal networks and postal services?

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

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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, 2014. "Accessibility/proximity in the digital age: what does it mean for postal networks and postal services?," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Timothy J. J. Brennan (ed.), The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age, chapter 20, pages 267-279, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. Meloria Meschi & Matthew Cherry & Carla Pace & Milena Petrova, 2011. "Understanding the Impact of E-Substitution on Letter Mail Volumes: A Multi-Country Panel Study," Chapters, in: Michael A. Crew & Paul R. Kleindorfer (ed.), Reinventing the Postal Sector in an Electronic Age, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Aurélie Mercier & Stéphanie Souche‐Le Corvec & Nicolas Ovtracht, 2021. "Measure of accessibility to postal services in France: A potential spatial accessibility approach applied in an urban region," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 100(1), pages 227-249, February.

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