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This volume contains a selection of papers that were presented at the CRESSE Conferences held in Chania, Crete, from July 6th to 8th, 2012, and in Corfu from July 5th to 7th, 2013. The chapters address current policy issues in competition and regulation. The book contains contributions at the frontier of competition economics and regulation and provides perspectives on recent research findings in the field. Written by experts in their respective fields, the book brings together current thinking on market forces at play in imperfectly competitive industries, how firms use anti-competitive practices to their advantage and how competition policy and regulation can address market failures. It provides an in-depth analysis of various ongoing debates and offers fresh insights in terms of conceptual understanding, empirical findings and policy implications. The book contributes to our understanding of imperfectly competitive markets, anti-competitive practices and competition policy and regulation.

Competition, Unfair --- Commercial law --- Competition --- Congresses --- Competition, Unfair - Congresses --- Commercial law - Congresses --- Competition - Congresses

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Industrial economics --- Trade theory --- Economic geography --- Industrial location --- Space in economics --- Competition --- Industrial location - Congresses --- Space in economics - Congresses --- Competition - Congresses

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Competition --- Congresses --- -Competition --- -Competition (Economics) --- Competitiveness (Economics) --- Economic competition --- Commerce --- Conglomerate corporations --- Covenants not to compete --- Industrial concentration --- Monopolies --- Open price system --- Supply and demand --- Trusts, Industrial --- Congresses. --- -Congresses --- Competition (Economics) --- Economic aspects --- Competition - Congresses --- Competition - Europe, Eastern - Congresses

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Worldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry’s business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal markets, addressing digital competition, and maintaining the universal service obligation. In the United States, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 has, perhaps, exacerbated some of the problems faced by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Currently, the USPS has serious financial problems because of difficulties it faces in making changes and the failure of the Act to address problems that have been long-standing. Electronic competition is severe and affects post offices (POs) worldwide, which have been slow to address the threat. This book addresses this new reality and includes discussion of how POs may attempt to reinvent themselves. Parcels and packets will play a major role in developing new business models for postal operators. This book is of use not only to students and researchers interested in the field, but also to postal operators, consulting firms, utilities, regulatory commissions, Federal Government Departments and agencies of the European Union and other countries.

Economics/Management Science. --- Economic Policy. --- Industrial Organization. --- Business Information Systems. --- Economics. --- Economic policy. --- Industrial organization (Economic theory). --- Management information systems. --- Economie politique --- Politique économique --- Economie industrielle --- Informatique de gestion --- Competition -- Congresses. --- Industrial organization (Economi. --- Postal service -- Congresses. --- Service industries. --- Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Postal service --- Delivery of goods --- Competition --- Store delivery services --- Information technology. --- Business --- Industrial organization. --- IT in Business. --- Data processing. --- Transportation --- Parcel post --- Shipment of goods --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Business—Data processing.

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Focuses on the WTO and intellectual property rights in international law.

Sustainable development --- Competition --- International trade --- Biotechnology --- Intellectual property (International law) --- International law --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Patents --- Economic aspects --- International trade. --- Competition. --- Sustainable development. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Competition (Economics) --- Competitiveness (Economics) --- Economic competition --- Commerce --- Conglomerate corporations --- Covenants not to compete --- Industrial concentration --- Monopolies --- Open price system --- Supply and demand --- Trusts, Industrial --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- International economic relations --- Non-traded goods --- Biopiracy --- Economic aspects. --- Environmental aspects --- Intellectual property (International law) - Economic aspects - Congresses. --- Biotechnology - Patents - Congresses. --- International trade - Congresses. --- Competition - Congresses. --- Sustainable development - Congresses.