The Future of Services of General Economic Interest in the Postal Industry

Francesco Russo, Simona Romito and Stefano Gori
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Francesco Russo: Poste Italiane
Simona Romito: Poste Italiane

A chapter in The Economics of the Postal and Delivery Sector, 2022, pp 179-191 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The postal industry is changing mainly due to the ongoing digitalization and the subsequent growth of e-commerce. In this new market environment, the sustainability of the USO is a crucial issue for USPs. In this context, the SGEIs may provide an interesting opportunity as they can represent a new source of revenues/profits for the UPSs. They are entrusted for services/products offered in a situation of a market failure and their notion is wide and flexible. Examining La Poste and bpost cases we showed that USPs’ postal frameworks can be used to provide SGEIs exploiting the ubiquity of postal networks (the Post Office and the delivery networks). These cases represent “win-win situations” as all the market actors receive benefits and competitors are not damaged.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-82692-5_12

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