Chancen und Risiken im globalen Medienmarkt
die Strategien der größten Medien-, Telekommunikations- und Informationstechnologiekonzerne
Why and how do national monopolies go "global"? International competition, supranational regionalism and the transnational reorgaization of postal and logistics companies in Europe
Abstract: "The paper documents and analyses the rise of a transnational transport and logistics' industry within the European Union. Neither a global commodity chain, nor a national business system approach is considered adequate to help comprehend...
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Abstract: "The paper documents and analyses the rise of a transnational transport and logistics' industry within the European Union. Neither a global commodity chain, nor a national business system approach is considered adequate to help comprehend trans border reorganization within the European Union signalling a need for an approach to organization research able to tackle transnational institutionalization processes. To illustrate the extent to which transformation and 'denationalization' of traditional transport industries has proceeded in the 1990s, the paper starts with an account of the very recent ascent of the largest European diversified logistics service company: the German Post office (now Deutsche Post AG). The rapid conversion of the public postal system (by way of aggressive M&A activity mainly) into a transmodal, transnational, and information technology intensive private organization able to supply a wide range of both uniform and highly specialized services across borders is
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Why and how do national monopolies go "global"?
international competition, supranational regionalism and transnational reorganization of postal and logistics companies in Europe
