Mg-Ed-Dvers,
I received information about the London Business School, Emerald Group Publishing Limited and A&C Black launch of BestofBiz http://www.bestofbiz.com/ today. I place the below information below FYI. EMERALD is a strategic partner of the AOM MED Division, having sponsored our Best Paper in Management Development in association with its Journal of Management Development for almost 20 years. If you or your students try this, post comments on it to Mg-Ed-Dv.
Best regards,
Charles Wankel
Mg-Ed-Dv list director
BestofBiz is an online information resource containing practical business advice such as guidance on business tasks in areas from e-commerce to marketing and personal development, overviews of current best practice in areas such as growth and innovation, a business dictionary and biographies of the top business leaders of all time. Aimed at students and managers worldwide, BestofBiz focuses on helping managers solve everyday business problems and keeping management researchers abreast of their fast-moving field.
What Harvard Business Review said about the content within BestofBiz:
"In a single volume, an impressive group of independent writers offer mini-essays on current practices, checklists of common activities, synopses of important business books, capsule profiles of influential business writers and business people, a dictionary of terms, an almanac of business facts, and a bibliography of sources... a rich treasury of information."
The content originates from A&C Black's Business: The Ultimate Resource complemented by content from world leaders in management and business education, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
Russell Alterndorff, Director of Information Systems Division at <st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> comments, "This partnership provides a fantastic opportunity to bring <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>'s high-quality content to an even wider international audience. We look forward to working with Emerald and A&C Black to grow and develop BestofBiz as a global online resource over the coming years."
Jonathan Glasspool, deputy managing director of A & C Black says "We are delighted to be working with <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> and Emerald in creating an innovative new management resource for business schools and colleges worldwide. Emerald is the largest publisher of management journals in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>, so A&C Black's business database complements this expertise perfectly."
Bill Russell, Sales and Marketing Director of Emerald Group Publishing, explains, "Business and management is the world's most studied subject in universities and the workplace. Emerald is committed to providing academics and managers easy access to first rate management information. This exciting partnership between <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Emerald and A&C Black offers a unique opportunity to distribute the jointly developed BestofBiz resource to a truly global audience." Emerald is providing sales and marketing support for BestofBiz, including customer and user liaison. BestofBiz will be an invaluable resource for deans and librarians in business schools, alumni offices, university business and management departments and also corporate organisations.
For a free trial email bestofbiz@emeraldinsight.com
BestofBiz
Designed for managers and management researchers, BestofBiz is an online management information resource offering practical business advice and theory. International in scope, this resource is delivered via a three-way partnership of the foremost names in the field of management: the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, A & C Black and Emerald Group Publishing Limited, the world's leading publisher of management journals and databases.
Content includes primary management book synopses and summaries, background information on core business concepts and key individuals, research tools and guides and articles on influential management thinkers such as Handy, Drucker and Michael Porter.