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For Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International see Pearson
For all remaining Harcourt Education business see Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep

Company Website

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Financial Information

Parent Company

Annual Operating Revenue of Parent Company (2007): $9,988,000,000 (Source: ORBIS)

Elsevier Science B.V.

Total revenue in 2006: (http://www.investis.com/reports/reed_ar_2006_en/report.php?type=0&page=98)

Mergers and Acquisitions

For a company history up to 2005 see http://www.elsevier.com/framework_aboutus/pdfs/ElsevierHistory.pdf

Product Divisions

  • K-12: no
  • Higher-education: yes (science and health fields only)

Summary

Leading publisher of Mathematics, Biological Sciences, Education, and Accounting textbooks. (Mickey & Meaney 2008)

Sold Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International to Pearson and all remaining Harcourt Education businesses to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep in 2007, exiting the K-12 and all non-science related Higher Education publishing markets.

Business strategy

Evovle Learning System

Evovle Learning System is Elsevier's online resource repository offering:

  • eTextbooks;
  • Supplementary materials for Elsevier print textbooks; and
  • Online courses using a range of multimedia resources.

Open Access/Pricing Controversy

See http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/february25/minutes-225.html

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