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== Company Website ==
== Company Website ==
http://thomsonreuters.com/
http://www.cengage.com/


== Location ==
== Location ==
Toronto, ON, Canada
Stamford, CT, USA


== Financial Information ==
== Financial Information ==
*Annual Operative Revenues (as of 31/12/2008): $12,011,000 [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Source: ORBIS)]]
* Annual Operative Revenues (as of 31/12/2008): $12,011,000 [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Source: ORBIS)]]
* U.S. Higher Education Revenue 2008 (projected): $1,093,973,000 [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Mickey and Meaney 2008, 155)]]


== Merges and Acquisitions ==
== Merges and Acquisitions ==
"Cengage Learning was the result of a $7.75 billion transaction, in which private equity firm Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners (which manages private equity investments for the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) acquired the domestic U.S. Higher Education, Gale library/reference and International businesses of Thomson Learning." [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Mickey and Meaney 2008, 156)]]


== Product Divisions ==
== Product Divisions ==
* Learning: "Thomson Learning aspires to be the foremost provider of teaching and learning content and solutions to individuals, educational institutions and corporations, and is focused on three major learning marketplaces. approximately 84% of sales are to the north american marketplace; the uk, with 6%, is the next largest." [[Bibliography for Item 6 in EM|(Source: ORBIS)]]
 


== Business Strategy ==
== Business Strategy ==

Revision as of 12:23, 11 May 2009

Company Website

http://www.cengage.com/

Location

Stamford, CT, USA

Financial Information

Merges and Acquisitions

"Cengage Learning was the result of a $7.75 billion transaction, in which private equity firm Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners (which manages private equity investments for the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) acquired the domestic U.S. Higher Education, Gale library/reference and International businesses of Thomson Learning." (Mickey and Meaney 2008, 156)

Product Divisions

Business Strategy

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