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...

Während der Aufbau und Betrieb von Internetinfrastrukturen zur Zeit der Entstehung des Internets in erster Linie von öffentlichen Institutionen vorangetrieben wurde, wird dieser Bereich heute längst von privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen beherrscht. Dieses Buch beschreibt Dienste,...

1. Research Questions -- 2. Theoretical discussion -- 3. Global Challenges in Telecommunication -- 4. Overview of the Korean Response: From Monopolies to Liberalization -- 5. The Emergence of Centralized Governance in the Korean Mobile Market -- 6. The Emergence of Flexible Governance under the...

Introduction -- Elements of Nonlinear Programming -- Elements of Graph Theory -- Programs with Network Structure -- Near-Network and Large-Scale Programs -- Normative Network Models and Their Solution -- Nash Games -- Network Traffic Assignment -- Spatial Price Equilibrium on Networks -- Network...

Characteristics of the Digital Economy -- Digitalization -- Economic Theory -- Theoretical Foundations -- Networks in a Fragmentation Model -- IT Services in a General Equilibrium Macro-Model -- Model: Entry of a Digital Goods Producer -- Comparison of the Models -- Economic Policy -- General...

Network problems are manifold and extremely complex. Many problems result from engineering details or mathematical difficulties, others are caused by disregarding economic principles and imperfections of markets. The text provides a fairly integrated approach of transportation related `network...

This text brings together differing geographic perspectives in modeling and analysis in order to highlight infrastructure weaknesses or plan for their protection. Offering new methodological approaches, the book explores the potential consequences of critical infrastructure failure, stemming...

This book explores the various economic and institutional factors that explain why huge investments are made in unworthy transportation mega-projects in the US and other countries. It is based on research, the general literature, economic analyses, and results from a specifically collected...

This book presents the series of lectures on the "Belt and Road Initiatives" from the Guang Ming Forum organized by Guang Ming Daily. Co-authored by Ge Jianxiong, Hu Angang, Lin Yifu, Qiao Liang and nine other respected scholars and experts, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the "Belt and...

Fabian Regele examines the appropriateness of the current regulatory treatment and the general suitability of unlisted infrastructure equity investments for the investment purposes of insurance companies. The employed valuation model of a stylized infrastructure asset delivers sound economic...