Free Educational Podcasts Now Available From Emerald

Dec. 2, 2008 - PRLog -- Emerald Group Publishing Limited, the world’s leading publisher of management research, is making a range of educational podcasts freely available for a limited period. The podcasts cover a range of subjects, including Accounting and Finance, Human Resources Management, Marketing and Logistics, and more. They are available now for download at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/tk/podcasts

The podcasts have been specially written by David Pollitt, Information and Research Officer at the University of Bradford's European Briefing Unit. David Pollit has also edited various journals on Strategic Management, Human Resource Management and Training.

The content of the podcasts is taken from the Emerald Management Reviews Database (www.emeraldinsight.com/reviews), an information resource updated monthly with independent reviews of articles published in the world's top management publications.

John Peters, Chief Executive of Emerald, comments: “As a scholarly publisher, we are constantly investigating a range of media in order to advance management research and improve business practice. It is important for Emerald to remain at the forefront of technology that can be used for the dissemination of knowledge at the benefit of both researchers and practitioners.”

John Peters will join the panel discussing “Tools and technologies affecting publishers” within the Epublishing Solutions Seminar at Online Information 2008, Thursday 4th December, from 11.50-12.35.

Online Information (www.online-information.co.uk) is the world’s foremost conference for the information industry. It takes place at the Olympia Grand Hall, London, 2-4 December 2008.

For more information about Emerald Podcasts, visit  http://info.emeraldinsight.com/tk/podcasts or contact Stephanie Ashton, Product Manager, at sashton@emeraldinsight.com

Additional information about the Emerald Management Reviews database can be found at www.emeraldinsight.com/reviews or by contacting Debbie Spurgeon, Executive Editor for EMR, at dspurgeon@emeraldinsight.com

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Established in 1967, Emerald Group Publishing Limited is the world’s leading publisher of management research. In total, Emerald publishes over 700 titles, comprising 200 journals, over 300 books and more than 200 series and serials as well as an extensive range of online products and services. Emerald is COUNTER-compliant, meeting the international code of practice for reports that measure usage of online information products and services consistently. Emerald’s publishing philosophy is “Research you can use”, which means that our content is both rigorous and relevant, connecting the academic world with the world of management practice.

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